Tho following Is from the “ Wairarapa Star —The popular belief among rabbit owners that ferrets will not attack children has been upset by an occurrence that happened on Thursday last In the vicinity of Mr Everdan’s sawmill at Opaki. Mrs Dew was attending to her household duties when one of her children astonished her by running up and exclaiming “ There's a cat ! biting baby mamma!'’ Her horror may i be itnegined on going to tho door and finding a huge ferret clinging to the throat of a child about a year old which is just begining to toddle. Mrs Dew had some difficulty in getting the blood-sucker to relax its grip, but when she did, It is needless to say she put a finishes on Mi Ferret’s operation?,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1416, 14 May 1886, Page 2
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128Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1416, 14 May 1886, Page 2
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