Submarine at Akaroa

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33694, 18 November 1974, Page 18

Submarine at Akaroa

A submarine provided an unexpected attraction for Akaroa residents and visitors yesterday when it called in for dental attention for one of its officers.

The Australian Navy submarine Oxley had been ' attending naval exercises in Auckland, and was en route. ' to Dunedin when it was decided that Chief Petty Officer R. H. Jones needed ■ immediate attention for an abcessed tooth. '■ Major 1. G. Tillson, of the Royal New Zealand Dental 1 Corps, received a call at 9: a.m. that he would be required at Akaroa. He drove’ over in time to see the sub- ' ‘marine anchor in deep water lout from Akaroa about 11.10 a.m. Major Tillson used the facilities of the Akaroa School’s dental room to extract Chief Petty Officer Jones’s tooth and then took him to Dr A. H. Stewart, who administered antibiotics. The captain qf the submarine took advantage of the enforced stay and fine day to allow visitors to inspect I the craft, and a large num-i ber of those in the town, iwho had boats went out.’ The submarine left about 4 p.m. Major Tillson said Chief Petty Officer Jones I had not eaten for two days ’as the abcess was very painful. There were no problems with the extraction, which was done under local anaesthetic.