DANGEROUS WEED.
CAUSES LITTLE GIRL’S DEATH
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 11
The death of a little girl, aged 3J years, as the result of drinking tea at an infantile party in a vacant section was the subject of an inquest and a grave warning to the parents of children who used hemlock seed as sugar. Tlie hemlock plant' which is a - very dangerous weed, has some resemblance to parsley. A marked characteristic is purple blotches on the stalks.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 940, 12 February 1924, Page 6
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79DANGEROUS WEED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 940, 12 February 1924, Page 6
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