ESCAPE FROM A BULLOCK.
ANIMAL CHARGES DROVER. HOW THE TABLES WERE TURNED. An encounter between a man and a maddened bullock on a road near National Park on Thursday had a somewhat miraculous conclusion. Two Taumarunui drovers, Messrs." D. Meredith and W. E. Brightwell, were taking 160 bullocks by road from Taumarunui to Taihape, and 11 miles from Owhango had stopped by the roadside for a spell, when one of the bullocks wandered from the herd in search of water. Fearing it might go too far, Mr. Meredith went after it on foot with a whip, and was endeavouring to turn the animal back when it charged. The man was knocked down in the first rush, and at the same moment the bullock caught its head in the ground and turned a complete somersault, pinning its intended victim underneath it. Hearing cries for help, Mr. Brightwell hurried up and assisted! his companion to rise by raising the animal by the legs. Mr. Meredith was unhurt, but the bullock was found on examination to be dead, its neck having broken. It was a prime beast, weighing'lsoolb.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19962, 2 June 1928, Page 10
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185ESCAPE FROM A BULLOCK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19962, 2 June 1928, Page 10
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