Mr J. C. George informs the Hawera Star that arrangements have boen made for a fortnightly shipping service to be worked by coastal boats with specially prepared cool chambers for dairy produce, running to connect with the direct steamers at Wellington. The charge to regular customers would be as low as 2d per box for butter. A little boy three years of age, son of Mr J. L. Wiltshire, Palrnerston North, while playing picked up a bottle containing poison, and swallowed some of its contents. Dr MacCarthy was at onco called in, but all efforts to save the little sufferer wore unavailing, and ho died early the following morning.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1289, 12 November 1896, Page 38
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