AN OLD SETTLER.
[United Press Association.]
WELLINGTON. This Day. Mr William Morgan Phillips, aged 91, formerly a member of the Wellington Provincial Council, died to-day.
It is rath'er a coincidence that both in New Zealand and Australia three infectious diseases—diphtheria. typhoid fever, and influenza—have been unusually prevalent this year. The similarity of experience suggests some connection between the cases in the Commonwealth and the Dominion. It is the opinion of medical men, however, that infection from Australia to New Zealand. 6r from this country to Australia, through pas-renger traffic, is practically impossible. They regard the singular prevalence of infeetiou s diseases in both countries as one of those mysteries which are not easily ej^rVlained.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 16 August 1910, Page 6
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114AN OLD SETTLER. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 16 August 1910, Page 6
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