PTOMAINE POISONING
CHRISTCHURCH HOLIDAYMAKERS PROSTRATED. Press Association, CHRISTCHURCH, February 9. ' There was an unforeseen and unpleasant ending to the picnic of the employees of Weeks, Limited, at Rangiora on Saturday, as a result of partaking either of pressed, beef or tinned tongues, about twenty-six out of _ one hundred of those attending the picnic suffering from the effects of ptomaine cloubt exists as to whether the poisoning was due to tho meats mentioned or to some ingredient of the salad dressing. Some of those who ate pressed beef and tinned tongues were unafie'oted. One person was so ill that he had to be loft at Rangiora, and one railway carriage was set apart for the other sufferers, all of whom wore sick on the journey from Rangi'pra to town. It is stated that ton cases are considered somewhat serious, though the majority are reported this afternoon to be progressing favourably.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8350, 10 February 1913, Page 7
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149PTOMAINE POISONING New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8350, 10 February 1913, Page 7
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