1939-04-28 — Page 28

FISH GERMAN TAX

MYSTERY FISH POISON NOT FOUND

No chemical evidence could be produced by the Government Analyst, Dr. V. C. Branson, concerning the nature of “Kai Po Yu" poison this morning at the Kowloon Magistracy when death inquiry was heard before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen.

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Dr. Branson said that on March 30 he received instructions to ex-.

RETURNS

Berlin, To-day.

from

An increase of revenue taxation by 4.2. milliard Marks in the fiscal year 1988/1989 is announc- ed by the Ministry of Finance.

Receipts from taxation increased to about 18.2 milliard marks or by 30%.

Receipts from taxation yielded in the first 20 days of April, 1989,

about 200 million Marks more than

during the same period of last year.

-Trans-Ocean..

WHOLESALE

amine the contents of the stomach PRICES DOWN

of a woman, Leung Sam, 50, who died after eating "Kai Po Yu", a kind of puffer fish.

No chemical evidence could be found. This kind of fish was only poisonous at certain periods of the year. The poison was like snake venom and the poisoning period was during the spawning season.

-A general reduction in wholesale prices in the Colony is revealed in the quarterly statistics issued this morning.

Fool prices are down 10.7 per cent, as compared with this time. last year, textiles by 17.1 per cent.. and other commodities by approxim- ately 10 per cent.

Dr. Branson stated that a similar case occurred in 1936 at Tai Po and The average index figure is 122.9 then also ΠΟ chemical evidence as compared with 1922-100 and could be established. In that case, 188.1 in the first quarters of 1938. six persons died.

The inquest was adjourned.

The Air Raid Precautions ficer announces that a course Air Raid Warden lectures

CONFERENCES CONTINUE

Paris, To-day,

Following his official visit to the Of-President Lebrun yesterday, the of Rumanian Foreign Minister, M. in' Gafencu, returned to the French Chinese will be held at Yaumati Foreign Ministry, accompanied by Government School on Wednesday the Rumanian Ambassador, M. at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 3 p.m. Tatarescu, and continued his con- commencing on Wednesday, May 3. ferences with M. Bonnet. A ban- The lectures will be given by Mr.quet was held last evening at the Fung Yam Leung."

Rumanian Embassy.-Trans-Ocean.

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