Butterfly brains contain 80,000 nerves and 80,000 airtubes, yet the brain is just about the size of a pinhead. Bound from Napier to Tokomaru Bay, the m.v. Koau put into Gisborne yesterday for shelter. The vessel was on her way to lighter the s.s. Westmoreland at Tokomaru Bay and experienced an exceptionally rough passage, making the Gisborne harbour at 11.40 o'clock, 21 hours out from Napier. When a ladder which lie was about to descend from a loft in Messrs. Wilson and Canham's store slipped from under him, an elderly man, Mr. William Peryer, Wainui, suffered a severe fall yesterday afternoon. He landed on top of the ladder, injuring his ribs. Mr. Peryer was removed by the St. John Ambulance to the Cook Hospital for medical attention. His condition is not reported to be serious,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 5 May 1938, Page 16
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