AN ABANDONED INFANT.
_ — ♦ [Pe^ Press Association.] DUNEDIN, August 19. In connection with a telegram from Wangacui,, stating that an infant had been found in a coal-box a.t the rear of an unoccupied house, the local police believe that the- child was recently taken to Wanganui from Dunedin in charge of its foster-mother. Further developments are expected in the near future. WANGANUI, August 19. A woman named Mrs Letitia Broad, a Dunedin resident, was arrested by the police td-night on a charge of putting a child in a coal-box on Monday ' evening. It is alleged that Mrs Broad left Dunedin on Saturday with her adopted c^nd and came straiorht to Wanganui. depositing the infant where it was found. She will appear before the Court in the morning. . i
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9319, 20 August 1908, Page 1
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127AN ABANDONED INFANT. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9319, 20 August 1908, Page 1
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