DEATH FROM CHOLERA
A HIGH DUTCH AIR OFFICIAL. CONTRACTED AT BANGKOK. 1 {United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) SINGAPORE, April 9. The danger of the spread of disease by air is evidenced when M. Van Haselen, a high Dutch Airways official, died of cholera near Singapore. M. [Hiaselen came by air from The Hague and stayed three days at Bangkok, where an epidemic is now abating, but at one time hundreds were dying every week. The Dutchman travelled in a ’plane to Penang, where he joined a steamer. Ho became ill and was dead in five hours. The ship was quarantined at Singapore and the aeroplane passengers at Java.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 152, 10 April 1937, Page 5
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