TWO BOYS IN A PUNT.
DROAVNING FATALITY AT NAPIER. Press Association. NAPIER, Nov. 26. A drowning fatality occured about five o’clock this evening in .the old river near the recreation ground. Two boys named AA’illiam Rickards and Roy Oliver were in a small punt when it capsized and both boys sank, Rickards not coming to the surface again. After some time the body was. recovered, but life was extinct. Die deceased lad was 11 years of age ( and was the son of J. H. Rickards, bootmaker.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2048, 27 November 1907, Page 2
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86TWO BOYS IN A PUNT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2048, 27 November 1907, Page 2
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