TEACHING CHILDREN TO SWIM
CORONER'S ADVICE TO PARENTS (By Telegraph— Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Jan. 4. Strong advice that all parents should ensure that their children were taught to swim was given by Mr Wyvern Vilson, S.M., coroner, at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of Joseph Alexander Taylor, aged 18, who was drowned at Blockhouse Bay on January 1. In returning a verdict that Taylor was accidentally drowned, the coionei said the unfortunate accident stressed the need for all children to he taught to swim at an early age.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 5 January 1935, Page 5
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