NEW RED WINE.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 46, 24 April 1930, Page 2

NEW RED WINE.

CHIEF CONSTABLE'S WARNING

Reference to a dangerous type of red wine which, according, to the recent <asclosure of the Chief Constable of Middlesbrough ,ia being, sold in Middlesbrough was made . recently, when a twenty-seyei-year old, servant girl "> appeared before the Middlesbrough Benek charged with otfunkeness and doing wilful damage. "This is a most appalling case*' said the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr H. 8. Mudahl) to the girl, 'Someone took advantage of you and gave you this stuff, which affected you very seriously. In tne future don 't drink any of this rubbish^ stuff that makes almost a fiend of at woman." . When taken to the- police station, the . girl destroyed a wooden drawer in her cell and tore nearly all her clothes off. As a protection against her violence she was, removed to hospital. It was stated that the girl had never been, in trouble before. v * The. Chief Constable of Middlesbrough (Mr H. Riches), giving evidence before the Royal Commission of Licensing en. Wednesday, last, = sjaid' there was a new red wine on the market which was proofticed in the lower reaches of the Thames ■: and sold at two shillings a pint .It was very fiery and very intoxicating and wasmuch consumed in Middlesbrough, very lai'gely in clubs. . .