A horrible story is told by the Gisborne papers. At Whatapoko a resident was awakened at night by the frightened screams Of his child, - aged ■ three years. Strikiing .a,.match, he'went' to the cradle to investigate the cause of the trouble, and was"jUst in time to see a large rat disappear- It had been gnawing at one of the child's lingers, which was badly lacerated, and bleeding freely
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 31, 6 February 1911, Page 9
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