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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1631, 9 August 1887, Page 2

■•' One of the two kangaroos, the gift of the Marquiß of Bute to the town of Paisley, esoaped from the Brodie Park, and an exoiting chase was the resuit. The animal ran across country by Westmount, along the Grow Road, hotly pursued by Borne youthß. On reaching Fergualie the kangaroo, exhausted by tha ohaso, dropped down dead. Statutory Doolaration— l, Franz Raabe, Ironbark, Sandhurst, m the.oolony of Viotoria, Australia, do solemly and slnoerely declare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, six years of age, waa accidentally hurt with an axe on the knee. I at once took all pains to secure medical assistance. However, m spite of all efforts, on the 27th Augutt, 1877, the opinion was given by Dr Maogillivray that an amputation of the injured limb had beoomo imperative, m order to save life. At thia juncture I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring some of their Extract of the Eucalyptus Globulus, and by the application of the Bame I had the satisfaction ot seeing my son within a fortnight out or all danger, and to-day he is reoovered. I may just add that it was when the crisis had been reaohed that the Extract referred to was first applied. Any I mako thia solemn declaration, etc.,— Franz Raabe. Declared at Sandhurst, m the colony of Viotoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven before me, Moritz Oohn, J.P,—.