THE SALE OF POISONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2227, 26 June 1908, Page 2

THE SALE OF POISONS.

The chemists of the dominion have been making strong efforts to get- the sale of poisons into their own hands, their contention being that dangerous goods- should not he dealt in by any except those who are well acquainted with their properties. A case which is considered by a prominent member of the Pharmaceutical Association to be very much to the point has recently come under observation. Tlie “New Zealand Times” siys that it is that of a- child who was nearly. poisoned by eating some clilorodyne lozenges. These lozenges were purchased over the counter without- any indication beyig given that they contained poison at all, and the father of the child wants to know if there is not some law to prevent this being done. One who should know says there is no law. It appears that, although clilorodyne lozenges contain morphia and chloroform, anyone is quite at liberty to make them up. There -are some fifteen formulas used in their preparation, the amount of morphia, for instance, varying considerably. The chemists urge that all persons should not he at liberty to make and sell such lozenges,, hut that only members of their own profession should have this power.

THE MAN FROM THE NORTH. “Tlie northerner works harder than the southerner,” declared Mr. Yarrow, the other day, while discussing the removal of his great shipbuilding yard from Poplar to the Clyde. “I am certainly inclined to agree with him,” observed Dr Emil Reich, to a “Daily Mail” reporter, “and I speak from keen observations made during my lecturing tours. For the purposes of my comparison I will divide the country- a little south of Birmingham. Above that one encounters the northern spirit; below it the southern. The vital difference between the people in the north and south lies in their attitude towards life, because this attitude .affects both their energies and their work. The typical northerner is invariably cheerful. His lace is animated, liis conversation brisk, and to the, point. He goes whistling to his work; he throws hie whole energy into it;' and ho is apparently never bored by the routine of his toil. Tliis eager, self-reliant spirit is the great, asset of tho north. It makes the northern people always ready to seize upon an opportunity, ever keen to accept greater responsibilities. They seem literally to revel in their work; and in the important matter of thrift, they evince the greatest desire to build up a. little capital uml launch in business for themselves. A lack of interest in life seems to me to be ingrained in the southerners’ temperament. I notice it in their conversation, and in ‘their Jack of ability to amuse themselves.”

. A BEAUTIFUL CAVE. It is stated that tile cave recently discovered at iMotupipi, 'Nelson, is wonderfully beautiful. It i K about 1000 feet above the level of the sea, oil the southern watershed of the Dry Biyer. _ The first sight that greets the visitor is a towering precipice of limestone. about one and a half chains long, and 30ft to 40ft high, •hung with stalactites varying in size from that of a needle to a man’s body, the outer ones white and the inner ones shaded with many colors, some of them being moss-covered. Between 10 and IT a.in. the sun shines into the cave, imparting beautiful colorings to the magnificent stalactites. The huge stalagmites take queer shapes—Egyptian mummies', native gods, wedding cakes; in fact, anything the visitor chooses to imagine. On reaching the bottom, acetylene lamps become necessary, the cave taking a turn to the northward, and narrowing into a chamber 12ft wide by about Sft to 10ft high, coiitiniiing'for about 40ft. the' roof and sides liiiug with beautiful stalactites, tho floor covered with stalagmites, and a limestone formation resembling coral. Hero a rope becomes necessary to enable tile visitor to descend a. further 30ft, where another chamber continues for nearly two chains, resembling the one just left above in many respects; but it is here the finest formation is seen. Visitors cannot move in this chamber without destroying some of the coral formation with which the floor of the cave is covered. It is understood that an effort will he made to induce the Tourist Department to assist in making a foot track, to the new cave.

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