DELETERIOUS HONEY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 45, 22 February 1905, Page 10

DELETERIOUS HONEY.

(To the Editor.* Sir, —I cannot quite follow your correspondent Antitoxic in his objection to my warning in a recent issue. The indisputable fact* arc as follows: — Ist. There is a certain plant growing in swampy places in the northern part of the North Island known by the name of whaoriki or T\a.criki. and weil known to yield a poisonous honey; lind. This plant blossoms and yields its honey in the autumn: 3rd, Serious accidents and loss of life have occurred on different occasions iv districts wide apart through eating honey talcen from wild V>?e nests m the aurnmn in the neighbourhood of t.liis plant.

Independent of my position as a pub-1 j lie servant. I consider it my duty, in! I fact, everyone's duty having knowledge ' !of the above, to w.rn all persons' j against the risk tliey run in eatinui . wild honey undr>r the above circum- | stances. The greater part of your cor- ! : respondent's argument is entirely beside the question, and has no bearing 1 whatever upon the paragraph I am re-! sponsible for. T would like liim to \ ; read it again very carefully. — I am. Me..j I. HOFKI.NS. j