DOMINION NEWS.
AMATEUR COOKS MAKE TROUBLE
{Pick I'itr.ss Association.l WANGANUI, Dec. 30. A peculiar poisoning case is reported from Raetalii amongst a company of / volunteers in camp. During the absence of the cook, scones were made by three volunteers, who used what they took to be baking powder, but whic 1 turned out to be boi'aeic acid. Befo« anyone had finished eating a scone tl began to twitch all over and lost power of speech, and one man powerless to the ground. After ' „ hours the effects "wore off. Fort Iv the effects were produced air/ stantaneously after eating, o' the results would, have been ir e ous if more scones had been ' SLAUGHTERMEN CON SECRET. ' . WELLIXGTf A conference of slab f various parts of the Do in Wellington. So„ the proceedings has v private. t CHRISTMAS BU AND TE, The official re tal and telegrir on the mail sic 1 been general l department < are about o ' . table show/ period fror s and telegr cember, 1 bags, e ’ ] 2,649 riers, 21,67 27,0 ( • * wer 20.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2698, 31 December 1909, Page 6
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174DOMINION NEWS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2698, 31 December 1909, Page 6
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