POISON IN ORCHARDS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 March 1925, Page 7

POISON IN ORCHARDS.

what an analysis discovered

BRICKS FROM A CYANIDE WORKS

USED FOR MAKING A WELL. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received March 27, 11.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 27. A report of the Government Analyst on tlie orchards poisoning cases .re Vert Is that .the stomach of Chalmers contained an arsenous oxide, which was also found in ( the samples, of water used in the copper and kettle. in Williams’ orchard- the sanie chemical was found in brick scraps and mortar from the inof the well. The- water and brick;) . were. obtained from the cyanide works at Bendigo three years ago. Other, buyers who are using them for storing food or for wells, have been wariiecj- of the danger existing. A cable message from Melbourne on March 10th stated,that. a mysterious ease of supposed poisoning had occurred at Vinifera, Airs PetVzelly, her two children and maid, Miss Smith, were holidaying at a fruit orchard. They became very ill, and were, taken to the hospital. A mail named George ChalnVerS pinked, grapes from the same orchard and subsequently died. Miss Smith, and the’children are in a serious condition. „ ~ „