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STRYCHNINE TN CHOCOLATE. Australian Press A ’.sn. —United Service SYDNEY, Jan. 2. The analyst’s report states that the half chocolate which was not eaten hv Hilda Johnson, of Xewcasllc, who died on Sunday, disclosed strychnine. The contents of the girl’s stomaeii are, now being analysed. The girl, who was fifteen years of age, became violently ill on Saturday night. She said that a friend handed round chocolates at a picture show. Hers tasted hitter, so she ate only half and placed the other half in her handkerchief. The police ascertained later that tlie girl was not at tho movies at all. However, she died without disclosing with whom she had spent the evening. EXPLOSION AT EARL WOOD.' SYDNEY, '.Jam 2. Following the explosion at Earlwood, Frank Massey, an occupier, was arrested. Two empty tins were found in’-the ruins. ' ' STOLEN CARS. A RECORD NUMBER. " * SYDNEY, January W; Police records reveal an alarming'increase in the number of motor vehicles stolen during 1928, tlie total being 1700, an average of nearly five tliefts daily. With very few exceptions, all the stolen vehicles were recovered by i tho police. i )
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1929, Page 5
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