The Te Apiti Poisoning Cases.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). Napikr, J unitary 17. With respect to the poisoning at T< Apiti there were nine sufferers, includ ing Mrs Ernest Tanner and two othei visitors. Dr Lenris Reid, who was sent for, found the sufferers bettei than he expected, and when he lefi last evening they were all in a fail way of recovery. Suspicion fell on tl« salt and bread, samples of which anc the vomit were taken by the doctoi for submission to the Government analyist. Meanwhile the police will take steps for the discovery of the person or persons who have been the cause of the occurrence Mr Beethara does not suspect any person of wilfully administering poison, believing it got among the stores accidentally while being carried by rail. It is stated that arsenic is landed in large quantities at Kaikora in cases which permit of small quantities escaping.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 217, 18 January 1894, Page 3
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