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Vaccination Department of Health ' teams vaccinated 3246 child- j ren at 18 Christchurch schools against rubella on Tuesday, the acting Medical Officer of Health (Mr R. B, Cossham) said yesterday. Consideration would be given at the end of the vaccination programme to the 330 children absent from school when the teams visited, he said. “As the staff will be kept busy during the next three weeks completing the programme, parents are asked not to telephone the department with inquiries,” said Mr Cossham. Mails Suspended Because of the British dock strike, surface mails to New Zealand have been suspended until further notice. The Chief Postmaster (Mr M. T ' Reedy) said yesterday that »the latest information about ■ surface mails from the > British Post Office was that ‘ the next dispatch was due to r arrive in New Zealand on ! August 24. Normal airmail * services, including air parcels, > were not affected by the s stoppage. £ Lottery Draw i- Golden Kiwi lottery No. 435 g will be drawn tomorrow.— (P.A.)
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32361, 29 July 1970, Page 16
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