TRAGEDY AMONG NATIVES.
FIVE FATALLY POISONED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night. A telegram from Morrinsvillo states that a Maori, said to be ono hundred years old, feeling unwell, told his friends ho would bury himself. He disappeared on Friday night. Eight men searched for him without success. They returned to his wharo hungry and ate some honey, and five were found there dead. The other three recovered alter much suffering.
Hamilton, last night. News has reached hero that on Thursday last some nine Natives of Tehoeatainui, near Morrinsville, partook of honey, and were poisoned. Three died tho next day. Two are dying, and four aro still in a dangerous condition.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 402, 29 April 1902, Page 2
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111TRAGEDY AMONG NATIVES. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 402, 29 April 1902, Page 2
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