KATIPO BITE
Girl very sick (N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND. ( A Pukekohe girl is recov-| ering in Middlemore Hospital after being bitten by a spider, believed to be a katipo. Miss Mary Elizabeth Nagle,, aged 18, was flown from Great Barrier Island, where she was bitten by the spider on Wednesday. She became sick last night, and was treated by the district nurses on theisland. A light aircraft flew to the island, with an ambulance officer, to bring her back to Auckland. She was admitted to Middlemore Hospital, where she is in a fair condition tonight.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 38183, 24 March 1973, Page 17
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95KATIPO BITE Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 38183, 24 March 1973, Page 17
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