WELLINGTON.
Saturday.
Mr G. S. Graham, of Auckland, has been appointed inspector and general manager of the Colonial Insurance Com-, pany. . This day. Dr Hector has analysed the contents of the stomachs of the racehorses which
recently died at Castle Point, and states that the stomachs contained a quantity of arsenic.
Last night, as Mr Cleland, agent for the Bank of JNew Zealand at Featberston, and his assistant, Mr Luxford, were driving towards Featherston the horse bolted and the buggy capsized. Mr Cleland was dangerously injured, and is not expected to recover. Luxford escaped uninjured. Dr Hector, by request, having tested the kerosene by, which the late fatal accident was caused, reports :—" The flashing point of this oil is 105 degrees Fahrenheit, but after it has been warmed to HOde grees it flashes at I.OQ degrees or even less. The oil is therefore petroleum, and dangerous in the meaning of the Dangerom Goods Act, 1869, and under the 15th clause should not be sold except in vessels marked ' dangerous —no light to be brought near.' "
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2877, 6 May 1878, Page 2
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175WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2877, 6 May 1878, Page 2
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