A BULLOCK IN A HOTEL.
[BY TELEGRAPH. — OWS CORUKSrONDKNT.] Thames, Wednesday. As a small mob of cattle were being driven through the town to-day, one of them charged into the bar door of the Pacific Hotel and chased Mr. Harrop, traveller for Messrs. Clark and Sons, through the bar into the back room, but Mr. Harrop managed te escape. The bc.llock then made for Colonel Fraser, who was standing with his back to the animal, quietly writing a memorandum. Luckily a chair intervened, which tho bullock caught on his horns, thus saving the colonel from serious injury. He, with others iu the room, managed to escape. Beyond the breaking of two chairs, the bullock did no damage. On proceeding up Shortlacd, the same animal charged into the Imperial Hotel. He put his head through a plate-glass door, and then , went out again, doing no other damage.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6534, 26 October 1882, Page 5
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