BUSHMEN POISONED.
SHEEP DIP USED IN FOOD
THREE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED
WHANGAREI, Feb. 13.
A mistake in labelling a tin led to 11 bushmen being poisoned at a mill at Whangaruru. The camp cook used part of the contents of a tin marked “egg powder” to mix with pancakes, which formed part of the mid-day meal. Three hours later serious symptoms appeared among the men, four Europeans and seven Maoris. It was then found that the supposed egg powder was actually a sheep dip, one of the constituents of which is a poison.
The three men worst affected, Henry, Leslie and Edmund Allen, all of Helena Bay. were admitted to the Whangarei District Hospital when an antidote was promptly administered. Later in the day one of the men recovered sufficiently to bo discharged. The other two are making good progress.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 65, 14 February 1929, Page 10
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