FALL OVER BANK
BOY INJURED FATALLY TAKING SHORT CUT (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. At the inquest held to-day, the coronet returned a finding that- the cause of tlie death of a bov, John Hylands Yorston, aged 10' years, was a fracture of the skull received when he fell accidentally bn a concrete step in tho botanical gardens. The evidence showed that the hov was hastening by a short cut to join his parents and fell over a 10ft-. bank. The coroner said that no blame was attachable to the staff of the gardens or the City Council.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19132, 29 September 1936, Page 13
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