AN EXTRAORDINARY JOKE.
A MAN NEARLY POISONED
(Press Association.)
NAPIER, March 15. It is reported that a practical joke, which might Imre had fatal results, was played up & yoiilig infill, Fra9k O’ShanTifitisey, of Taradale, on Satnurday evening, by a young woman. It appears that O’&hannassey, who is well-known •in local musical circles, was tryingwi-ver some songs at a boarding-house. "After singing one, he was asked by the young woman if he would car© for a drink: of hop ale. He took a cup offered him, and drank nearly all the contents, which proved to be sheep dip. O’Shannassey at once mounted his bicycle and rode to a doctor’s, where he collapsed on arrival. Another doctor was called in, and after treatment the sufferer was brought round. O’Sbannassey’s condition was critical on Sunday, but by to-day he had improved to such . an extent that he was pronounced out of danger.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2451, 16 March 1909, Page 5
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149AN EXTRAORDINARY JOKE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2451, 16 March 1909, Page 5
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