OKOROIRE POISONING.
THE MYSTERY INTENSIFIES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Thames, last night. Ur and Mrs Alfred Court, of the Thames, when at Okoroire partook of food similar to that eaten by the others. Thoy escaped without feeling the slightest symptom 3 of poisoning. INQUEST TO BE RE-OPENED. THE JAPANESE COOK AMONG THOSE AFFECTED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, last night. Police Inspector Cullen has gone to Okoroire to make enquiries into the poisoning case. A post mortem has been hold on the body of Mrs Court. A portion of the contents of her stomach has been handed to the Analyst, and when the report of the Analyst is ready the inquest will bo reopened, the jury having on the somewhat meagre evidence placed beforo them given a verdict that death was duo to internal poisoning, but that Ihero was nothing to show how the poison was administered. All the other sufferers are now out of danger, but Dr Roberts remains at tho hotel, Dr Brewis having returned to Hamilton. The sickness was not confined to the guests alone. The hotel-keeper's daughters, some of the servants, and a Maori boy were taken ill, as woll as tho Japanese cook and tho hotel clerk.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 373, 24 March 1902, Page 3
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