PLACING TRUANT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 60, 11 March 1911, Page 5

PLACING TRUANT.

FOUR BOYS BO&QW.NED.

£PKESS ASSOCIATION.] .(Received March 10, 11 p.mO SYDNEY, March 10. A drowning tragedy occurred near ©range. Four boys—Cecil Hartas, Hichard flartas, Roney Hirst, .and Joseph Hayea, ihetween 7 and 12 years of age, were playing truant from school, and jstent crayfishing in a dam. One of the -boys <fell in, -and .iihe others, in trying to save him, were all drowned.

Albert Auberson, another schoolTjoy who was present, went 'home at iihe .dinner hour, some itime afterwards, and informed'his parents-of •the tragedy. Asked why ho'had lsdt ifcold sooner he said "he tforgot.