DOPE OR IMAGINATION?
MELBOURNE WOMEN SCARED. By Telegraph.—Press Ae»n.—Copyright ’ Sydney, Nov. 22. Following a similar Melbourne scare the Sydney police are investigating the cases of three women who reported that while standing or walking in the streets they felt a sudden stinging sensation and subsequently suffered from faintness and discovered a slight wound. The supposition i© that a hypodermic syringe was used to inject dope with ulterior motives. In one Sydney case at least medical examination is stated to have disclosed traces of morphia. The scare became so catching in Melbourne and so many cases were reported •that the police published a statement that the scare was the result of hysterical imagination and that there was no proof that a syringe or dope was used. The scare then petered out. The Sydney police also disapprove of the publicity given to what they consider largely imaginative happenings.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1922, Page 5
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