ALCOHOLIC POISONING.
FATALITIES-IN AMERICA. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT ; Picrht ' *ORK, Dec. 16., v"> g , persons, including a woman, died .during the -last three days- from poisonous- alcoholic beverages, city health; commissioner (Mr Monaghan) lias. published • a statement ‘.‘With the. approach of the holiday .season and; with the eoirit of conviviality abroad, I . think it'well to ?®?ning’-against .the use of synliquors.-- Everyone should avoid be generally known attfer the; time that has elapsed since the; passage Of the prohibition law that °f good liquor is very limited.” • • • • •• • J .-There, are 67 patients, in’ the alcoholic wnra of the principal pity Hospital, and nearly all are dangerously ill, 11 being women. ' recent increase v in bootleg sales of f|ibi'icated liquors, the police believe, is \aus to heavy seizures from runners by . the Atlantic coastguards and the gather making the landing uniisually difficult. : The police have made one .arrest, the proprietor of a saloon from which : it is believed poisonous liquors;are emanating. .. .
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 December 1924, Page 5
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159ALCOHOLIC POISONING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 December 1924, Page 5
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