HORSES POISONED
TWO DEAD; OTHERS ILL.
,* / DUNEDIN, May 4. TWb ’horses'belonging to the Gain EbVwtfrdirfg' GoniOsLiy; Ltd., have died as fa- result of ’ttfd presence of poison in thfeir'food or water, and a thii.il ,is iVdt okpebtfed to live. . - FbuY of' the ’horses- were found- to be
sufl’qfin'g from the' effects of poisoning om SiilMfiy m6nving, ami Wool them \ tiled al ; -different; times. A' post-mortem, v ekaininiition' this morning revealed pbiSorr was probiioly arsenic:. /Mr.: Gain can, .offer no explanation as t - the eanse of’ the librses’ deaths; ho , snid/it ivas a'sony business, and had disorganised his work; Half-draught h o rsek of' the type which had died wefe” nbt etisily acq'qii’eth and they cost about£6oe'ach’!
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1936, Page 3
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116HORSES POISONED Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1936, Page 3
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