SCALDED TO DEATH
DANGEROUS HOT POOLS.
In delivering liis verdict at the in. fpiest touching the death of Topin® Amohau. the little Maori boy who died from the effects of scalds caused by his falling into a hot pool at Ohinemutu, the coroner, Mr W. G. H. Kcnrick, said that he thought there were too many of such accidents. There had been five or six during his residence in Rotorna. He suggested that the Maoris call a meeting with the view of having any dangerous hot pools fenced in with wire netting to the height of, say, 3ft. This would not. detract from the appearance of the pools, and would he an appropriate way of spending some of the money earned by entertainments.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11661, 27 October 1923, Page 4
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