ILLNESS IN CAMP.
AN EXAGGERATED REPORT. ONLY TWENTY MEN SENT HOME. (By Telegrapu.—Own Ccrrespondent.) NGARUAWAHIA, this day. In connection with the rumour in the city that there is a great deal of sickness in Ngaruawahia Military Camp, medical returns show that since the First Battalion commenced training on Wednesday of last week only about twenty men have been sent home, of this number 75 per cent, were found medically unfit for work at the present time. There is only one case in Hamilton Hospital. With regard to the rumour of an influenza epidemic, it is stated only one man was effected, and he has been sent home.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 9
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107ILLNESS IN CAMP. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 9
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