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Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1931, Page 6

Frantic with thirst and hunger, and terrified by its isolation in strange, surroundings, a big dog, which was inadvertently shut up in a shop at Ashburton, on New Year’s Eve, caused considerable damage during its three night# and two days of captivity. Great was the surprise of an employee who, having cause to visit the premises shortly after mid-day on the Saturday, wa» met with a scene of chaos, goods of all descriptions having been knocked over bv the dog in its desperate efforts to gain its freedonu The animal was then discovered lying in an exhausted condition by a small