POISONED THAMES CHEESE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 29, 3 February 1900, Page 3

POISONED THAMES CHEESE.

DAKING EXPERIMENTS BY THE AGEIGULTUHAL DEPARTMENT.'

TWO OEFICEES SWALLOW/ 'THE : DANGEROUS COMPOUND. : (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) ' .■•;■.-. .'- WELLINGTON,'this day. The recent supposed ' case,, at■.-.-the. Thames of poisoning' ,by eating •cheese affected with ptomaine or i'tyrotoximus, or by whatever- other ; • jawbreaking name the experts of the ' Agricultural Department-.choose to i designate it and the,- verdict of the ; i coroner's jury on the subject - has ap- ; I parently stirred •up that -somewhat I easy going State institution. Speci- -..- of the fatal cheese .which is, pre- ' sumed to have done the-mischief cvvere ; forwarded to the Dairy .Commissioner, who passed them on to .Mr Gilruth, the Government bacteriologist, ..who set to work ..like y; a,-sort of'Sherlock Holmes of cheinistry,to detect the presence of: the, insidious ptomaine (if any). He began his investigations by prudently; experiment-; iL on mice, but instead of, exhibit, nl symptoms of .dissolution:, the ; little cusses rather seemed-to enjoy it . and wanted more,- N>xt he experimented upon Mr.Knddick, who; of bourse is impervious, to. dangers, from anything in the way of cheese and fitly he tried the- effect, .upoii himself. In all cases the .cheese was , found to be harmless. In fact Mr Sdick declares; emphatically .that , i£e the testimonial writer on the mar-! velloS properties, of a; particular; 3 1° Sat "this cheese, is: the' cheese .Sr excellence,; and that, he wants no

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