RICH MAN’S ERROR
PRANK FROM WRONG BOTTLE LONDON, Feb. 25. A verdict of accidental death was recoiled at a Westminster inquest yesterday on Mr. Montague Carlish, 52, “f independent means, who (“rank spirits of salts in mistake for a mouth-wash at his home in Eaton terrace, S.W. The Y’idow said that her husband woke her during the night, and said : Phyllis,' Phyllis, I have taken spirits of salts instead of my mouth-wash. Will you send for the- doctor, and get me some morphia? 1 shall have to die! !She telephoned for three doctors. “I thought, he was recovering," she Haul. “I did not know it was a deadly poison.!’ . l>r. W. Fullerton McEwan said that Mr. Carlish’s mouth was so badly burned (hat he could not swallow an antidote. Mr. Edward S. Woodroffe. dead man’s Solicitor, staid' that Mr. ( arlish was a wealthy man. Mr. Carlish formerlv rallied on busi ness as a tailor in Westminster Bridge road and elsewhere.
A gang of ftouth London hurgluis. wliose latest raid was earried out on a. house in Catford, is known to he led bv a well-dressed young woman.
Ten horses and 17 cows were, impounded in Gisborne during March, and in addition 72 head of stock were found grazing on the roads.
The two weeks ended March 28 were a busy period for the building trade in Gisborne, 16 permits, representing an expenditure of £16,719, being issued, in the borough. The permits issued were ns follow: One brick shop, £1724; one wooden shop, £9B; one, new dwelling, £750; one timber shed, £150; No. 1 harbor shed, £3794; Nos. 2 and 3 sheds, £8974; alterations and additions to four buildings, £342; demolishing and reerecting dwelling, £620; reinstatement of fire damage to one building, £54; two motor sheds, £6O; reinstatement of earthquake damage to two buildings. £153. Tile harbor sheds contained in the list of permits were completed some time ago, but permits were not taken out until.the fortnight mentioned in view of thl* disputo as to whether permits were required to bo obtained.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17437, 8 April 1931, Page 4
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341RICH MAN’S ERROR Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17437, 8 April 1931, Page 4
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