BRITISH AND FOREIGN
tfnited Press Association —Per Elaccriv Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9.12 a.m., November 29th. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. LONDON, November 28. Lord Wolseley retires on Friday. Sir Evelyn Wood will act as Commander-in-Ohief till Lord Roberts’ arrival. Received 10.10 a.m., November 29th. POISONOUS BEER. The poisoning epidemic is spreading at Chester, Birmingham, Strood, Stourbridge, Birkenhead, and Liverpool There are several hundred cases in the Manchester and Liverpool hospitals. The disease is described as peripheral neuritis, and the symptoms are like berri-berri fever. Chemists are unable to discover the cause. Sugar used as a substitute is suspected. London beers are being examined.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2955, 29 November 1900, Page 3
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