MAORI WAS "TOUGH"
Fell Over 50 Feet Cliff, Laughed When Picked Up DECLINED AMBULANCE AID Rec. 1 p.m. SYDNEY, this day. , A Maori seaman fell 50 feet over a cliff at the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont last night. His only injury was a black eye. An ambulance was summoned by people who saw him disappear over the cliff. When the ambulance officers reached the foot of the cliff they found the Maori rubbing his discoloured eye. He told them he had hit a rock afterhaving fallen about ten feet and then fell 40 feet on to the roadway bß H<T'declined ambulance treatment and laughed when it was suggested that he should visit the hospital casualty department. He would not give his name and walked away.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 119, 22 May 1945, Page 5
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