AN UNFORTUNATE JEST.
POISONED WITH WEED-KILLER Christchurch, Sept, 17. On September 9ill Alfred John Walker, a labourer, from the Chatham Islands, who was waiting to undergo an operation at the Christchurch Hospital, visited the Heathen! e howling green, where men were at work preparing the green for the coming season’s play. On a table was a bottle of weed-killer, and, in a spirit of fun lie placed it to his lips. The bottle was fuller than he aidii-lpated, and some of t.lie mixture went down his throat. An emetic was administered, and he was hurried to the hospital. Gangrene of the internal tissues set in, and he ,dieil on Monday. At an inquest a verdict of death by misadventure wars ret Hired,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2786, 18 September 1924, Page 3
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122AN UNFORTUNATE JEST. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2786, 18 September 1924, Page 3
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