RANGIORA PICNIC SCARE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3752, 11 February 1913, Page 5

RANGIORA PICNIC SCARE.

SUFFERERS MOSTLY RECOVERED.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.]

CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 10

Inquiries made to-day disclosed the fact that the majority of those who attended the picnic- of Messrs Weeks, Ltd., at Rangiora, on Saturday, and suffered from the effects of ptomaine poisoning, are well enough to resume work as usual this morning, though some were rather shaky after their unpleasant experience.. The young lady who was left behind at Rangiora returned to town to-day, having recovered, from the effects of the poisoning. In some cases the effects did not make themselves manifest for some time. One young lady, while being escorted on Saturday night to her home a mile or so beyond Papanui, was taken suddenly ill, and her escort was under the necessity of ringing up for a taxi cab to convey her home'. One of the male employees only took ill to-day and had to go to his home. ' It is understood that inquiries will 1 be made by the Hospital Board’s Health Inspector into the cause of the poisoning. As far as can be ascertained no blame is attachable to the caterer. The salad dressing was made on Saturday morning and it is assumed that poisoning, was due to the fact that the salad was put on to a tin plate and .. .that deleterious chemical action was thereby set up.