A DEADLY TURTLE.
28 NATIVES POISONED.
PRESS ASSOCIATION Auckland, last night. It was recently announced from Fiji that some natives at Ulu Point ware poisoned after eating a turtle. The iooident was much more serious than was at fits* anticipated, No less than 28 deaths, including a family of five, have taken place from the one oause, and there are still soveral patients suffering. It appeared that tho turtle eaten was picked up in the Doga swamp in a dying condition,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1855, 8 September 1906, Page 3
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81A DEADLY TURTLE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1855, 8 September 1906, Page 3
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