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LETTERS CONDENSED

“>,idium Chloride ” protests against the ' charges made by ,-imie chemists. He gives 1 an instance, lie found out the technical ' iiam-.'.s tor ceitain common elements. A ’ j .under pirsci ilx-d hy a medical man was ; ciM'gfd lor liv the chemist at the rate of ’ L, 6d for a 4oz Lottie. The powder was c(-mposed of 3oz of borax and loz of eom- ' moii salt. The borax was obtained for Id at a glover's shop, and the salt cost pvaclic.dlv nothing. “ Thus every time he filled i the iiot'le the chemist put into his pocket . at kv.-l seventeen pence, making a profit , of 1,700 per tent.” t “ Uesideni ” com plains of what he do- ( genius as the “disgraceful condition in . which th.it portion of the water of Leith [ extending for about thirty yards on either , side of Harbor Terrace bridge is allowed to I remain.” The tew,ago from adjacent works - it> alleged to be lying to a depth of six , t'lilicii, and smelling badly. i Mr James Taylor writes:—l see that I j am credited with being one of tho Otago Armed Constabulary who assisted in the > capture of the Maimgatua bushrangers in b tho early sixties. This is incorrect, as I - - joined the force at a later date. Ihe fust t time that I was officially brought in con--0 tact with this gang was on November 9. 1 1868, when wo arrested tho leader, Henry a Garrett, on a charge of breaking into Mr - Allan’s seed shop in tho Princes street s cutting, Dunedin. This, you will see, was e only forty-two years ago.

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Evening Star, Issue 14526, 30 November 1910, Page 2

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LETTERS CONDENSED Evening Star, Issue 14526, 30 November 1910, Page 2

LETTERS CONDENSED Evening Star, Issue 14526, 30 November 1910, Page 2

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