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Woodville Examiner, Volume XVII, Issue 2946, 17 April 1899, Page 3

Mr Batkiu brought into our office tins morning a potato, the size of which took our breath away. It weighs 2lbs 6ozs, and belongs to the variety known as Breeze's I'roliiie. A potato at Hastings turned the scale at 41bs 6oz. An error appeared in our report of the Borough Council on Friday. It was stated that Mr Sargent's tender for work in the Recreation reserve was £id. This should have been 1149. The tender of Messrs Bradford and Smith was accepted. \ Mesrs C. Sandford & Co., have much pleasure in stating they are now opening a full range of novelties for autumn and winter season. Smart jacket and skirt costumes a speciality. Inspection respectfully invited. The Bon Marche, Woodville.—Advt. Monteith Bros, have landed their newseason's stock of sporting requisites, including Eley's and Nobel's Balastite and Colonial cartridges, etc. Reduction in flour and oatmeal for this month. See our Free Insurance scheme. —Advt. Mr Richard Whitehead, an officer of the East African Protectorate, near Mombassa, has recently had a narrow escape from a " man-eating " lion, which had killed and devoured many coolies employed in making the railway from Mombassa. Hearing that this notorious lion had been seenat Tsavo, through which place the railway is being made, Mr "Whitehead proceeded there to endeavour to shoot it; and, passing by night through the unfinished cutting for the railway, followed by his coolie sergeant, he saw the lion on a projection above him. He fired, but missed on ! account of the darkness, and the animal sprang upon bim, and tore his clothes into ribbons, bruising and clawing his legs, and making deep claw marks ■upon his back. says the Times Weekly, the ground was uneven and sloping, and in the desperate struggle the lion rolled over, allowing Mr Whitehead to get away and have a second j shot, which was also ineffectual. The '■ lion then made for the coolie sergeant, and carried him off. His half-eaten body was found in the morning at some distance from the encounter.