In the oounw of a conversation an authority informed a Mastorton Times reporter that in a certain i\a in tJv> 'Vtairarapa tohungaism w being nraetLoed. A Maori woman, he Raid, was taken ill, and a tohunga was called in, and his method of trratnynt is certainly novel. A small quantity of iihisky is nourci into a glass hv the tohunga, who breathes on it. giving it what he calls the "breath of life." It is 'hen handed to the patient, who is assured that after a certain quantity of the liquor is ccr.eumed.slio will recover from Jior illntsk.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15302, 16 November 1911, Page 8
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98Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Daily Times, Issue 15302, 16 November 1911, Page 8
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