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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 188, 7 September 1878, Page 4

Thß Manawatu Times tells the following amusing story: — An unfortunate man named Henry Moore hud met with icjurits from falling ou a etake-fence, which had split hia upper Up and divided hianoaal organ with geometrical precision. Dr Johnson, of Feilding, attended the suff-rer, and after having Bhaved off his moustache, sewed up the wound, placing a atrip of black courtplaster parallel with the mouth across the upper lip s with an upright strip ruuniuj» up the nose. The patient was then put to bed in Rce's Hotel, but after he Lad fallen into a sleep the wound burst, and a quantity of blood was smeared over hia faoe. Close to midnight a Maori named Rangitoto, who is attached to the survey party of Mr Frank Owen, retired to the same apartment for the night. Ail went well until the native had divested himself of every article of clothing save his shirt, but as he was about to blow out the ligbt, the injured man sat bolt upright iv tbe bed and gezed at (he viaitor. With & yell and bound which brought him to the door, Rangitoto ne'er stopped to don his unwhisperabjes, but rushing downstairs, bounded into the bar, his eyeballs sterling from their sockets, and seeking shelter in tb.B lea of the firat one he met. Almost pale with terror, he could only answer to the astonished spectators, " Taipo no good ! Taipo no good ! " So great was hie horror that he preferred remaining in & costume almost equal to that of Adam before the fall, rather than return for his nether garments, and when those were brought to him he made tracks from the scene of his fright without waiting for his hat. It may be added that the unconscious causa of the distorbanoe was himself not a little exercised at the appearance and antics of the native.