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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIX, Issue 46, 17 January 1913, Page 7

A Wanganiii doctor, discussing the cause of tiie recent ptomaine poisoning epidemic, states hi the 'New Zealand Times' that if a small quantity of milk were bad it would contaminate all the milk used. Nothing absorbed poison more quickly than milk. In most cases oi cheese poisoning, and Minic of mill; poisoning, the toxin is due to iiifiiil.os of the colar group. which produci-.., albumose in the majority of cases of bad milk and icecream poisoning, and in a few cases of clieesc poisoning. The toxin id a substance first isolated by Yaughan in IStW and named by him tryotoxicon. This poison is probably identical with (liazoiieazol. In is quite evanescent, and unless the suspected food be examined soon after its formation it may be missed. Whenever poisoning occurs iron) tamted milk or cream there i.s usually a history of improper eari' of the food. The incubation period varies from live to lo hours, and the etii.-is are sickness, giddiness, chilly sensations, crumps and purging. Most cases of poiMining from milk products ret-over in a lew d-ivs. Fatal cases are *'ei'v rare, and complications due to toxaiieiiiia are practically never seen.

feitiiission to capture a couple of kiwis and send them to an institution at Chicago. U.S.A.. is sought by a ■Marlon resident, formerly a schoolmaster in the I'nited States (says the 'Dominion'). His request was advanced hi :! letter which came before the Acclimatisation Society in Wellington the otlier«.veniug. The society referred the applicant to the Minister for Internal .Affairs. Tj lt . exportation of the kiwi, ;«'liicli grows rarer year by year, is not j readily permitted by the authorities. •W long ago a person who had obtained a numlier of kiwis at a cost of £»0 was successful in conveying them as fatas Sydney, but there' the birds were seized on the ground that no permit had been obtained for their exportation. Ike birds themselves are probably almost as difficult to obtain as permits authorising their removal from the UomiuioH, but they are reported to be still fairly numerous in dark, sunless gullies round about the upper waters of the Wanganui River. Hitherto the business of a land agent lias been open to anyone and no restrictions have been laid upon it beyond "lose laid l )V ] au - upon a fj agents. The kand Agents Act, 1912, has changed all tnat - Curler its provisions every agent ujiist apply to the Magistrate's Court D > his district for a license, tenable for ""e year, and must enter into a fidelity bo 'Kl in £r,oo. With the application there must be testimonials as to characI r Md repute under the hands of not less l 'ian five known and reputable persons Tlie court being satisfied that the would-be agent is a fitting person, a license is granted him for one year at a tee of £ O . Other provisions set out that after payment of expenses, commission, etc., the balance shall go to the arsons entitled or, failing that, into a tJ :*st account such as must be kept by solicitors. All must be paid over within ia days. The breach of the Act is jiumshable by a fine of not more than