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PEAK TRAM SUICIDE.
Coroner snquiry.
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FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923.
THE KING ON FORMING FOURS..
Parade-ground Drill
ARSENIC IN A SHIP.
Nuts Poisoned Through Carc- less lacking.
how arsenic pack din faulty can. I tainers may find its way into fond are described in a report by Dr. Willoughby, Medical Officer of Health for the Port of Londom-
"A ship'from Oporto," says Dr. bags of shelled almonds. On. Willoughby, "had aboard about
the same deck were 92 cases of white arsenic.
Two disquieting instances of
An derðlagistrong yesterday afterna a un enquiry was held to
The King on his departure from theeumsherding the Aldershot in May left a message death of ani takaown Chine who for the troops in which he touobed was too per sad killed by a Peak on a point oftes debates daring trop on the afteinuon of the 20th. the war, and sinec-the value of une. Mr C. D Melbourne acted parade, ground and ceremonial as Corcuer.
The following were the jury am well aware that the cem
drill in the training of soldiers.. Messra WJ Wilkinson (foremo)plexity of modern training for F. Kennedy and 4. P: Vis
war leaves little time for cera- Evidence won given by Mr. Wmonial drills." he sait. Now. JE. Mackenzie, Colonial Veteria-Army men during the war were fars Surgeon, that on June 25th. often impressed by the fact that
"When examined by the in-. he was travelling by the 3.10 after they had spent many months spector two of these cases of p.m. down car of the Peak Tram in squad. platoon, company and
arsonic were standing an end with way Company. Just as the car battalion drill, all this tho their heads open, and one was was wearing the southern margin parade ground training-seemed leaking at its bilge on to the deck. of the Bowen Hoad filter beds to ba laid aside as unless when it | Two of the bags of almorda summa on board shouted in came to the actual work of war which had become displaced Chinese apparently to the con-extended oder movemente, boo-showed arsenic on their surfac s ducter to etup. Witness looked bing, bayoneting, entrenching, Minute quantities of arsenic were down the lise, but saw nothing Lewis gun shooting, wiring, and found on almones taken from one, extraordinary. When the car was the other innumerable tasks of of the bags."
few feet above the nullah run active service.
In the second case described hy ning under the trap lizes it hümpi Was not all this equare drill, itp. Willoughby, & ship had 'anded" ed heavily over something on the used to be sisked, a waste of time? 160 cases of arruje sod at the truck. The tram was pulled up at Was it not in comparison with King George V. Dark. the upper leveled the Bowen Rund the rest thing, like the woaring Station Iking op the lines of red uniforms instead of khaki ?
"The ci containing the witness saws Chinese ring across Would not the soldiers be better arsenic acid bere.comp sd of ald dry wood, and from some of them the track. He got off the rar and employed by being trained mer? went up to where the man was exclusives in the tasks, which the poison was leaking on to the bing. The body was lying lace they have to perform an active foot of the shed. The possibility downwards with the middle just service? To which, of course,
that some of it might find its way above the waistline resting on the ots Army inati replied that it into any food baneled in the same the right hand rail looking up was invaluable from the dished cannot be overlooked." wad The legs wess in a stone ciplinary point of view, pulling Close investigation is being Water chuggel" "beside the rails men together, improving their given to the matter by the Minis while the head was close to the moral, and instilling the bath liory of Health with ■ vinw to the [emble 'voller in the centre of the ides into their minds. The imposition of precautionary mea track. The buck and lower por-portant paint is that this view, sure.
ence.
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tion of us" chest were distorted. which is probably true so far as Addressing the annual meellar There was a graze from the point it goes, should not be exaggerated,.f.the Association of Port Sani- of the left elbow downwards. Near and should never be pushed to the tary Authorities in London re- the hedy witness noticed on point where training becomes cently, the newly elected president, umbrella and, a bundle.
Artificial-asmuch of it was before Alderman Evans, of Manchester, Captain J. M. Collins, of the the war-and divorced from the said the activities of port sanitary. King's Regt. a passenger by the real tasks of service. Soldiering authorities could be extended inost same car, and Lt. Taylor, of the as a game is for grown men, the usefully in the direction of the Royal Edgineers, also gave evid very worst kind of soldiering. examination of foodstuffs.
It was stated by Lt. Taylor Daily Chronicle, i that he was waiting at the Bowen Road Statica for the 3 10 döwn
the Shortly after and left May Road be sAW H Paris: Cannibalism in western Chinese walk ou the line above and central Africa is punishable Bowen Road bridge, and lay down by death under a decres just pro across the rail nearest to him.mulgated by the French gover- All four wheels of the car passed ment. Cases formerly were dealt over the man. Lt, Taylor expressed with according to local native Sentences frequently the opinion that the car could customs. but have been stopped by the were mild, ordinary method of signalling be
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Tore striking the deceased,
CAT
Further evidence was given | showing that, the deccared appear- ed to nil from the country.
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had an umbrella and a small, have reack!
Without retiring the jury re Larned a verdict that it was a case of suicile and no blame, attached to unyone.
SHREWSBURY MEMORIAL
The opening of the Moss Gates and the unveiling of the statue of Sir Philip Sidney, which forms the visible memorial to Old Salo pians who fell in the war, took place at the end of May at Shrewsbury School. The gates were formally opened by Mra. Mogs, and the unveiling of the atatue by General Sir Harold, Bridgwood Walker, an Old Salo. pian, was the chief point of an impressive military ceremony Afterwards there was a memorial service in the School Chapel, at which the address was delivered by the Bishop. of Cheater, | another Old Salopian.
Among theso present were Lord De L'Isle & d· Dudley, & lineal descendant of Sir Philip Siduey, atid the Burgmeestér of Zutphen, the Dutcli city. where Sidney fell. Others who attended on the invitation of the iheadmaster and his wife (Canon and. Mrs. Sawyer) were Lord Powis, Sir Offley and Lady Wakeinan, Dr. T. E. Page, Lord Rochdale, Mrs. McAs. Misa R. Moss, the Rev. Claud Mose, and Mr. H. B. Moss, Dr. Alington (beadmaster of Eros), and Mrs Alington.
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Ata civic ricption tendered in Tasmania to Mr. L. M Grimwade, of Stoke-on-Trent, England, the guest referr.d to the possibility of potteries b ing established in Tasmani. ME Gyimwade said that he had. *mined Tasmanian clays, sed noted the facilities for rower. Tasmanians had shown enterprise courage, and pluck in carrying out their mammoth hydro-electric: power achome, and they had laid the foundation of a great many Industries that would be attracted by the power, He had been. Iright through Australia and New CZealand, and in all hôn ra với Be bad not soon & place belter diled forms King · pottery:
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