FOOLISH PRACTICAL JOKE.
SHEEP DIP AS ALE. !i:n uxiiei: I'ki:d.". * NAPIER, M»;vli i-n it is reportcu thai a practical winch might have had fatal result.; iva-j-hiyeii upon a \ - man named Ira"!: O'Shannessy, t>f TaraJal-, on Saturday o\ening by a vnung woman. It appearsthai o'Sliani!o.-..>y, who is well known in local musical circles. was trying over some songs at a boarding-house. Alter singing one he was asked by tho young w 'man if he would care for a drink of hop ale. He took the cup offered him and drank nearly nil contents, which proved to be shc-p dip. O'Sluv.inessv at once mounted his bicyrle and rode to a doctor's, where lie collapsed on arrhal. Another doctor was called and after treatment the sufferer was • brought round. O'Shannessy's condition was critical on Sunday, but by to- ■ day be had improved to such an extent ; that ho was pronounced out of danger.
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Mataura Ensign, 16 March 1909, Page 3
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150FOOLISH PRACTICAL JOKE. Mataura Ensign, 16 March 1909, Page 3
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