A Rugby match on a suburban park at Auckland on Saturday was hastily abandoned when the referee, who was just about to blow his whistle for the kick-off suddenly ran towards a pond near the ground. He was followed by the players, four of whom instantly dived in, because spectators said a boy hud fallen in. Aft ter swimming round the bottom, one player (A. Ilitcheon) came to the surface with the boy in his anus, and an ambulance man immediately started resuscitation, which succeed d after 15 minutes. The boy, named Jack Bernnseoni, aged six. wit,at school on Monday.
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Mt Benger Mail, 16 September 1931, Page 3
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