More Suspected Chocolates
A BLENHEIM RUMOUR Per Presa Association. BLENHEIM, July 24. Rumours are in circulation that, a poisoned chocolate caso developed at Springlands, a suburb of Blenheim, last week. The police are extremely reticent but it is known that Detective Sinclair, of Nelson, and local officers have been pursuing inquiries for some days.
it is stated l hat a Springlands resident received a box of chocolates and that investigation showed they had been tampered with, but fortunately, as the result of the publicity- given to recent cases elsewhere, none of the sweets were eaten.
Sergeant Smythe, who is in charge of the local police station, when pressed for information said that he preferred to say nothing.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 174, 26 July 1935, Page 11
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117More Suspected Chocolates Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 174, 26 July 1935, Page 11
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