batsman kills panther. BOMBAY, Oct. 4. An unusual panther hunt is reported from tlie Central Provinces. While 200 employees of the Central Provinces Portland Cement Company were working in the quarries a panther appeared. The men gave chase armed with implements and formed a ring round the place where the animal was hiding. When the panther emerged it was hit on the head and killed with a cricket hat by an employee who had been playing in a cricket match. Almost immediately another panther was discovered and killed after wounding one man. A third panther, which attacked a woman who was cutting tin grass, was beaten up and shot.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1927, Page 2
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109Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 Hokitika Guardian, 19 November 1927, Page 2
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