An exchange says that a family, resident in one of the suburbs of Dunedin, was seized with an illness a short time ago, but was unable to ascertain the cause for some days. At length the head of the household suggested that the water was impure, and caused it to be run off. This having been gone, a painters’ brush, covered with paint, was discovered at the bottom of the tank. The family were being slowly poisoned by white lead, owing to a painter being too lazy to remove a brush* which he had accidentally lost in painting the tank.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1000, 17 November 1881, Page 4
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100Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 1000, 17 November 1881, Page 4
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