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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 296, 16 December 1902, Page 1

The Ensign records an exciting encounter between a well-known Gore resident aiid the performing bear that has been '"doing" the round of the shows. The animal was accommodated at one of the livery stables and escaped from its temporary confinement. The gentleman referred to pluckily proceeded to turn it back, and the animal rewaided him for his efforts by biting him savagely on the thigh. Th« victim was armed only with an umbrella and with this he jabbed the bear in the eye, und it renewed the attack by clawiDg Qne of his hands badly. Eventually, however, the bear was restored to the captivity from which it should never have emerged, and the gentleman proceeded to make extensive purchases of sticking plaster.

A cable from Melbourne says: The feeling here is that a strike will bo averted. The seamen's delegates report to a meeting of the Union on Monday.

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