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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 22 February 1899, Page 2

Crabs prevented the raising of the ss China by picking out the oakum as far as it was put in. ft was the alcohol in the tar thai did it. The crals know nothing 0 f Prohibition. "

That the appointment of the Inspector ot Abattoirs was made none too soon is demonstrated by the way in which his services are being sought since his arrival n Invercargill. Several citizens recently on cutting up the meat for the table use have had their suspicions aroused as to its wholesomeness. The latest case occurred on Monday afternoon,- when a citizen, knowing the prominent part taken by Mr. J. A. Hunan in the abattoir movement, brought a cooked bullock's tongue to him for examination by Mr. Kyle, Abattoir Inspector, who, in the presence of Mr. Hannan and Inspector Cameron, examined it. On cutting the tongue from end to end, a dark appearance presented itself, about 2i_ inches from the point, from which a very foetid smell arose. On closer examination an abscess, lesulting froiri the 2-enetr,ition of some foreign substance into the tissue of the tongue was found. All the glands at the root weje, however, perfectly normal. Citizens should anxiously guard against the consumption of such meat, for though the piece in question was not of a cont.icious or infectious nature, still it miaht have caused septic (ptomaine) poisoning, a fatal case of whicli recently occurred in C'hri-tchureh after .a resident had partaken of tinned salmon. — ttoutliland Sfeivs,