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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5318, 27 August 1928, Page 1

A tragedy was narrowly averted in a Greymouth, hotel recently hy the timely administering of an. antidote for poisoning to a member of the Southland Rugby football team (reports the "Grey River Argus”). The. Southlancler concerned had paid A visit to, the Sta.te mine, alonjg with other, members of the team, during, the day, and, incidentally, contracted a severe cold. On returning to the hotel he’ seized a bottle and swallowed a large quantity of what he presumed to be cough mixture. The contents of the bottle, however, was embrocation of a distin'ctly poisonous kind. The unfortunate man immediately showed signs of distress, and but for the prompt Actions of a companion in rushing to the chemist and securing an antidote, his mistake may have had fatal consequences. Happily, however, the man soon recovered, and but for the islight internal diisco|mfop'i was none the worse for his misadventure.

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