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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 401, 28 April 1902, Page 4

According to a recent consular report, Dr Ekenbefg, of Gothenburg, has worked out a method of reducing milk ‘to the form of powder, which will be of farreaching importance to the business of dairy farming. The apparatus by which this result is brought about, is not described ; but it i 3 said that the product " possesses all the qualities of milk in concentrated form, except 'that moisture is absent, and that it will not get sour or ferment. The milk flour is completely soluble in water, and can easily be transported in tins, barrels, or bags. The cost of production is stated to be about one halfpenny per gallon ; and as the flour can be made from skimmed milk, which is often wasted, it ought to be possible to pet it upon the market at a very moderate 1 price, /it 8. mooting of the Academy of Agriculture a ; staple of the desiccated milk was shown by Dr Ekenburg, and elicited favorable opinions. It is stated that it is superior to certain casein products, manufactured by the aid of chemicals, which have already appeared. A sad case of suicide occurred ft Nowra (N.S.W.) on Wednesday, April 0, when a girl named Ethel Stephenson (17) succumbed to Hie tfleoto of poison self-ad-ministered. The deceased and her mother arranged to go to church on Sunday night, April 6, but rain having commenced to fall the mother declined to go. Deceased then desired to go by herself, but the mother refused to allow her, and deceased remarked that if she could not be trusted alone she would be better dead. She then’Obtained three poxes of matches, soaked them in a glass of water, and drantt the fluid. She became very ill, and on the following Tuesday the local chemist prescribed for her, and on Tuesday night, owing to her alarming condition, Dr King was summoned. Being worse next morning the doctor was again called in,"but toe deceased expired shortly before his arrival. In reply to a question, the deceased said she took the poison to spite her mother. A verdict of suicide was returned.

The secretary of the Victoria Gold Jubilee Exhibition at Bendigo was fined £5 and £5 costs for opening the exhibition without first obtaining the consent of the Central Board of Public Health,