CATTLE POISONED.
SOLDIER FARMER’S LOSS. To haye lost 64'head of cattle during nine months is the unfortunate lof ot Mr J. T. Nugent, a returned soldier, who is fanning at Moleville, between Grafton and Copmanhurst, says a Sydney paper. The deaths have occurred in circumstances which point to the fact that the mortality was not natural, but all attempts to clear up the mystery have failed. A report was furnished to official sources, and a detective was sent from Sydney. With, local police officers he has been engaged in making close investigation. The report was to the effect that specimens procured from'deceased animals and sent to the Government analyst confirmed the opinion that the deaths were due to irritant poison. The analysis proved that in all the succiniens arsenic was present, and in all was the cause of death. Out of a herd of 37 milking cows only five remain. The .mortality continues. It is understood that in one paddock was found a preparation on the grass. This was examined by an analyst, and was found, to contain arsenic. The do! ice and stock officials are completely baffled.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 22 September 1925, Page 3
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188CATTLE POISONED. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 22 September 1925, Page 3
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