Algerian Wine [?]
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Bad News For
Noumea!
Algerian Wine [?] a Mena "
Noumea, May 2
A DISTURBING report has t circulated about the wine wl most orthodox French fam: have regularly on their tables h This wine comes mostly f: Algeria: and, as it is loaded \ alcohol to preserve it during I long journey, it has been propo to place a surtax upon it.
Now it has been stated pub) by Mr. Lenormand—local Deput; the French Parliament, and him a chemist—that this Algerian v contains a poison, “cyanure,” that for the last ten years past, people of France have refused drink it.
The alarmed Council has deci to get a report on the whole ma from the health authorities Noumea.