A POISONOUS DRINK.
FIVE ABORIGINALS POISONED.
Sydney, June 9. Three more of the aboriginals at Mounbfern, who drank a decoction supplied bo bhem by a man named Kelly, in mistake for rum, have succumbed, making five victims in all. ' Ab bhe iriquesb Kelly gave evidence that he obtained bhe bottle frdm a certain shop. . He was intoxicated at the timo, and believing the conbents bo be rum,' drank some himself and gave the blacks a drink. He himself suffered severely from what he had drunk. '
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 157, 10 June 1895, Page 3
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85A POISONOUS DRINK. Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 157, 10 June 1895, Page 3
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