,A i valuable discovery was ' accir deiitly made at \\i<£ Chatham Inlands some time ago I . 'Tt appears an pld Maoriorj woman was afflicted jwith a very, unsightly skin disease, and she was advised to procure some guhpqw- ( der and make a paste thereof; then pp ; rub It all over th£ skin from head to foot,' and that soon she would j enjoy the good efforts thereof. She obeyed her instructions to the letter, and ! the weather being cokl Site sat on a stool before the fire,- turning, herself rohfrd and round 'Virile- die ointment was drying. At last a spark j jumped 'out 'of' 'the" fire, alighting on-, the woman's fi^o'U 1 And ! i\z !"she "was soon like Shadrach, Mefeheeb, and Abednego, enveloped m o
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 86, 14 March 1885, Page 4
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