SERIOUS MISTAKE.
Waihi, Saturday. An overdoso of tincture of opium to induce sleep was taken by Mr A. 0. Polly last night, and as a result he nearly lost his life. It appears that he has beon unable to sleep late'y, and purchasirg a shilling’s worth of laudanum yesterday afternoon he took a dose before toa. After the meal had been finished his wife noticed somothing unusual about him, and he stated that he had taken a drug, and upon sca'-ching his pockets Mrs Polly discovered an empty ounce phial, which had contained tinctnro of opium. Dr Clauds was summoned, and Mr Polly gradually boI camo so bad that his life was at limes despaired of. He has rallied, however, and > in the evening he was slightly bolter,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1713, 2 April 1906, Page 3
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