ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
» 1 — ♦ [Fkom Oub Cohresponden't.] LITTLE EIVER, Jan. 20. Early this morning;, the body of a Maori boy, named Paurini, about nine years of age, was found in the -stream at Little River. Tlie deceased, with a number of other lads, went up the river on Monday afternoon. On arriving at the old boatshed, the par*fcy landed, with the exception of the deceased, who remained in the canoe. When his mates returned, they found the canoe empty. A cap worn by the deceased and a paddle were floating on the water- ConstabLe M'Cormack, with a number of volunteers, * dragged the stream, and discovered the body this morning. A small boy named Willie Jackson fell off a load of hay, at Yaldhurst, yesterday, and di-located his" elbow. He was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7609, 20 January 1903, Page 3
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