A woman who entered a public telephone booth at the corner of Edgeware Road and Colombo Street, Christchurch, on Tuesday, was nearly blinded when she went to talk into the mouthpiece. Someone had almost filled it with pepper, which was blown into her face. She stumbled out, of the booth and across the road, with water streaming from her eyes, and in considerable pain. She managed to get home without assistance. There she had to bathe her eyes with lotion and rinse her throat.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 31 October 1931, Page 12
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