A FATAL MISTAKE.
MAORI DRINKS ARSENfG. V [BY TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATION.] './V § HASTINGS. Monday • A Maori, Epiha Peni, aged 65, while I engaged . shearing at Pskipaki became [ thirsty and drank arsenic in solution . from; m a bottle near by. He collapsed and die<fV;> in a few hours.' It is said that the solution was used for the treatment of footrot in sheep.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18317, 6 February 1923, Page 6
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61A FATAL MISTAKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18317, 6 February 1923, Page 6
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