POISONING ON MOANA.
CONCLUDING EVIDENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night, The enquiry concluded to-day. Willie Donovan, assistant Government analyst, said that he had analytically examined the balance of the forty-four dozen of soda supplied the Moana. He had found no trace of cyanide of potassium or oxalic acid in these bottles. Thomas Edward Smith, a steward on the Moana, said ho had been about three years on the Moana. He left the vessel in September He said that he had used cyanide for cleaning brass buttons. He had obtained cyanide from a cabin, where it had been used by persons who had been fumigating the boat. He believed that all this cyanide was used up eight or nine months ago. A verdict was given that death was due to cyanide poisoning. There was no evidence to show that the manufacturers of the soda water could be blamed. He was satisfied that every care and precaution had been taken by the manufacturers in the preparation of soda water.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1919, Page 5
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