ISLAND CRUISE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 157, 6 July 1938, Page 4

ISLAND CRUISE.

LORD GALWAY'S TOUR. TO BE MADE LATER. riSEASE ABATEMENT WAITED! j | Xo precise information is available in j 'Au"k!an-l as to when the (JovernurGeneral. I.old flalway. will begin his tour , of t!u> l'acitie Islands in 11.M.5. Leauder. j I wh: -h was unexpectedly postponed yes- ] ' tvrday at the la.-t minute owin:: to an i outbreak of measles in the I-hmds and in the Dominion. Their Excellencies Lor-1 | ;i:I Lady Oalway were to have lizard d Me ve—el tills morning and to have; i for Karotonga in the early after-! U'"-n. liie middle of the morning voter- ] d.t \ . however, an announcement \\ a- j n ide In'ill (J i.»\C I'll ill en t Jlou-e, Welling- j t •:i. that the tour had been po-tpone.l. 1 Wii n reports were reeci\ed of ; 11.• ■ valence of mea-sles ar KanU.-oga a' •-"!!-!j 11.i t ion was held with ofiier- ..i th" | lb ■!:; i Department and the po>tpoi anient j o; vi-.it was decided on. | It is a — timed at the Xaval Ba-e. j .V.'-kla'.d. that the cruise will be :in-I.■ r- j 0 as -oon as ;. n abatement of th"j 1 •• ■! ! !■:! :r.'i';p- it -a f ( .. , A !•."••from Wellington -tate- ; that in the event of the mca-h- epi-l '! :• • !:«tr within four or live ! vv ■ ■ k.- it i- probable that hi- KxcHeii-v j ■ ' ,'l 'b i; ■!;•■ id- crili-e, but v.'f'l l:nt j a-i: all islands as originally in-j 'it i- stated that the T.eandcr may ii"! j !■" .tin in port until needed for tI I-'.in '- trip, but will probably make a ' • ■ u;-" Ilus-cll in tii,. meant hue. i So" e d i Herein''" has been 111.id" to t'l" ! :! ,i. v of t'ne -tcamer' Ma inui. which leaves Auckland i . : ■ on t lie fir-t of the 1-1 rid crui c,-. I'a •-t'li'ji'r- will be una le !n .'-hoi-i' at I; al'>t<ui2a. and only mail.iii'l J oi ~j |';irj;ii will be lani.-d. , 1 loin |;,i.t the Mating,ir,ui will r.ipei'te in emitinuation of her tour. , Position at Rarotonga. l"ro:i! information received bv the 1 ' 'nil Affairs department. ;t i-; i.eiit that the outbreak in Ihi ;■ it. j.a ! i- faille '.\i.;e-pread. All -e'.o.d- have ; • »"**-> and e\ cry ell". .rt i- i.i-iii'j I male '•> prevent the complaint from! ' spi ".idirir t.i oilier i-land- in tii- (..ok l ■_i';■ ■. <■» which IlarototiL-a i- one. T , :a- ■- o: !!ii'a-l"s were reported from Ihiroton-ja on .Tuly 2. and since then 1! other- have U-eli notified. So i.ir as i< known the outbreak i> I'liimed to Karotonga. and as there "re no European medical oflicerstationed in the outer i.-laud- the need I for the iitmo-t precaution.- to prevent , til.' -plead of the di-ease is apparent. ! The outbreak, it i- considered. came li'om Xe.v Zealand. The cxhi'-it . little resistance to the disease. Unle--precautions were observed there would be a likelihood of the epidemic spreading rapidly, as it 'did in Samoa in 1W53-3H. (.in that occasion I vvnoopin'j' cough was also prevalent and . the death rate was high. As. far as i-| i known there has not previously beiMi ,i I j measles epidemic in the look' lshtn U.!