CHEMIST'S MISTAKE.
POISON IN SOME PILLS. SEARCH FOR THE PURCHASER. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. (Itccd. 7.S p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 30. A dramatic search is being made for a man named Fenn, who was accidentally supplied by a Birmingham chemist with some pills for 'Mrs. Penn containing a dangerous amount of a poisonous drug. Tho chemist included a quarter of a grain of this drng instead of one-fortieth a;, had been prescribed. After his discovery of tho mistake tho chemist communicated with tho polico. As a result telegrams woro sent to every person named Penn in tho Birmingham district. A warning was also circulated by the radio stations throughout tho country urging Penn to see that no ono swallowed any of tho pills-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19447, 1 October 1926, Page 13
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123CHEMIST'S MISTAKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19447, 1 October 1926, Page 13
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