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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 May 1925, Page 9

Fumigation of the Union Company s steamer Wan aka was carried out at Dunedin on Saturday and Sunday by officers of the Health Department. The crew’s quarters received attention, and the vessel was expected to sail at 10 a.m. for Bluff, but officials, of the Seamen’s Union insisted on the officers’ quartet being fumigated. The Union Company agreed to carry this out, and the Waiiaka was consequently delayed in port until last evening, when she cleared for the Bluff. The Health Department found, as a result of the swabbing of the crew’s throats, that there were five diphtheria cases amongst them. These men were immediately brought asljbr'e and isolated. Regulations under the Coal Mines Act, which have been subjected to much amendirieut sincfe. they were originally drafted in 1913; have been consolidated and a number of further alterations embodied. Mi lie officials must furnish medical certificates that their sight and hearing are not defective; safety appliances must be always kept ready; where shifts are worked the foreman in charge must not leave without conferring with his successor. Instructions are given dealing with lamps in the presence of inflammable gas, and .other safety measures are provided. New clauses added dea] with railway sidings, which have been the cause of numerous fatal accidents. No explosives may he stored underground in any mine. Troublesome coughs in old and young are quickly stopped by “Nazol. ’ ’ Take some drops on sugar. Acts like a charm; 60 doses 1/6. —Advt. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds, never fails. —Advt.