GENERAL CABLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 10 February 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

AERIAL TRANSPORT STATE SCHEME AFOOT. MONTREAL, Feb. 7. The New York Herald’s Washington correspondent says that the formation of a Government owned aerial transport corporation; capitalised at £10,000,000, is planned. The organisation will control 800,000,000 dollars and the surplus aviation materials belonging to the army and navy.

INFLUENZA IN AUSTRALIA.

o —— SENSATION IN SYDNEY.

SYDEY, February 9. There were eleven eases of influenza to-day.

A sensation was e rented in the city to-night by a r’cport that a number of troops from the transport Argyieshire broke quarantine and several arrests have been made, ft appears that tno men are bitter against Hie Federal bungling in landing 1200 at Melbourne instead of coming direct to. Sydney, resulting in the necesshv for quarantining here. It is also reported that a case of influenza has developed aboard since leaving Melbourne,

CASES INCREASING

MELBOURNE, February 9

’actors admit that the influenza eases are more severe than formerly. Hemorrhage trouble has increased, causing a greater number of deaths, whereof there were IS on Saturday. There are now 322 cases.

SPANISH INFLUENZA CURE. Received 8.45 a.m. LONDON), February 8. A noted Swedish physician, named Bjoerson. "Tabus that , Spanish influenza is cured by exposing patients to strong heat and light. This appliance followed by application of heat compresses the tissue, whereby intense perspiration is induced. He claims that numerous patients were cured by him in foui days by this process.

THE MOANA INQUIRY.

WELLINGTON, February 8.

The Moana inquiry concluded today. Willie Donovan, assistant Government analyst, said he had analytically examined the balance of 44 dozen of soda supplied to the Moana. He had found no trace of cyanide nor oxalic acid in these bottles. Thomas Smith, a steward on the Moana, said ho had been about three years on that vessel. He left the vessel in September. He said that he h used cyanide for cleaning brass buttons. He had obtained the cyanide from the cabin, where it had been used by persons who had been fumigating the boat. He believed that all this cyanide was used up eight or nine months ago.

The verdict was that death was due to cyanide poisoning. There was no evidence to show that the manufacturers of soda water could be blamed. He was satisfied that every care and precaution had been taken by the manufacturer in the preparation of the soda water.