TWO DEATHS FROM DROWNING.
(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) TE AWAMUTU, May 29. . Alfred Calfe, aged 19, an immigrant, was drowned in the Puniu River on Sunday. Deceased fell off ai. willow branch when attempting to cross the river, and did not come to the surface again. It isy presumed that he became entangled in the willows. In a tributary of the same river yes- ! ter day at Kopua a two-year-old child named William Hughes is believed tohave been drowned. The child disappeared.in the direction of the stream, and has not ,been seen since.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 29 May 1922, Page 7
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93TWO DEATHS FROM DROWNING. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 29 May 1922, Page 7
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