AMUSEMENTS
“BLACK COFFEE.”
TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW Wight
j The formula for the high explosive ; discovered by Sir-C.aud Ainory'Had been stolen, and Herbert Poirot, celebrated French detoctivc, was called in by the m.enter to investigate the theft. Sir Claud, wishing to avoid a scandal and believing that one of the household was guilty of the theft, affoicled the culprit an opportunity of returning the formula be.ore the arrival of Poirot “Put the formula on the table while the light is out and 1. shall be satisfied.’' When the light was again switched on the’ formula was still missing, but Sir Claud lay dead in his study. investigation and analysis proved that Sir Claud had been poisoned by hyocine taken in his coffee. Suspicion appeared to rest with equal weight upon three of the • household, hut the astute, mind of Poirot rejected the obvious. He probed more deeply than the official police. He concluded that both the theft and the murder were the work of a callous and cunning mind. Skilfully and swiftly he unmasked the villain, solving a difficult problem by clever deduction.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1933, Page 3
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182AMUSEMENTS Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1933, Page 3
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