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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 7, 8 January 1908, Page 8

The unrestricted sales of poison referred to at an inquest held at &4st' son's Hotel yesterday afternoon. Th*' Coroner (Mr. T. Gresham) explained t» the jury that the innocent tin of cyanide I of potassium found alongside the deceas* j ed contained sufficient poison to kill 200 people. The poison, he said, was the deadliest known, and -would kill a man inside two minutes. Yet it could be prirchased for 1/6 per tin from pretty well any chemist or storekeeper. A juryman, suggested the expediency of haying so deadly a poison placed under restriction, but the Coroner explained that it was used in large quantities in mining operations. " If you have any influence with the member of the district in which yoa reside,' , the Coroner added, " let him try to have the sale restricted, and see what luck he has." Edward Hanlon, whose death was reported by cable on Monday, was one of the greatest scullers the* world ever saw. A small, slight man of about ten s£one -weight, he developed great *peed from his boat, so great in face that when he first went to Sydney to race many people declared that he had a high-power electric motor in his boat working a screw. He practically revolutionised sculling, and proved that weight was not a necessary factor in the make up of a champion, a pretty general belief up to his time. He first won the championship of the world in ISBO, when he beat E. Triekett, the Australian holder of the title, on the Thames. Nest year he.had to defend the title against another Australian, E. C. Laycock, whom he handsomely defeated. Twice in 18S2 he was called upon to defend his title, and on each occasion he won, defeating R. W. Boyd on the Tyne and the man from whoai he wrested" the title on the Thames. He held the title for a.'yesf without a race, and then came out to Australia, where he met Laycock en the Nepean and again defeated him. W. Beach challenged him. and in a race on the Parramatta defeated the CaiiaSian. He remained in Australia, and nest year had another shot at the title, but again Beach won, and another race in 18S7 saw the Australian on top. Then Beach resigned the championship to Peter Kemp, and twioe in 18SS Hanlon raced him on the Parramatta, only t" be beaten on each occasion. Then he gave up racing and went in for coachiagi training many fine crews. His nephew, E. Dnrnan, came out to Australia la** year to race Geo. Towns, who defeated him with a little in hand.l - , Don't forget WOLFE'S is the real/ji jpnal SCHNAPPS. >J. ,'■