Th« heroic act ot rescuing a man named Phillips was performed at Avenel (Victoria) on Sunday afternoon, the 13th instant, by two aboriginals named IVloonoy and John Hennessy.; • rjPhillips had camped near a log closeHo 'Hughes Creek. The heavy rains dwring the previous twenty-four hours had completely inundated the land round about, ipolating Phillips completely. The two aboriginals swam the creek, which was running eight knots an hour, at great peril ot their lives, and by the aid of ropos rescued Phillips, who was m a very perilous position. Nearly all the inhabitants of Avenel were present, and rounds of applause greeted the aboriginals for their bravery. subscription for thorn was started, and a considerable sum collected for them.
A singular case of blood-poisoning/says i the Auckland Bell) has been brought under our notice. A woman residing m Victoria-street recently discovered a rat crawling on her breast, and m frighteninc the lodent away it crossed her face m its escape, inflicting a scratch. The woman took no notice of the wound, but m a day or bo afterward her head began to swell, and indications of blood-poiion-iogsitia*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1474, 7 October 1885, Page 5 (Supplement)
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