SPREAD OF DISEASE
DANGER BY AIR DEATH OF DUTCH OFFICIAL EPIDEMIC AT BANGKOK (United Press Aspoeiation—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copy right) SINGAPORE, 9th April. The danger of the spread of disease by air was evidenced when Mr Van llaselen, a high Dutch Airways official, 'died at Chobzra, near Singapore. Mr Haselen came by air from The Hague; and stayed three days at Bangkok, where an epidemic is now abating, but at one time hundreds were dying every week. The Dutchman travelled by ’plane to Penang, where he joined a boat. He became ill and was dead in five hours. The ship was quarantined at Singapore, and the aeroplane passengers at Java.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 10 April 1937, Page 9
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109SPREAD OF DISEASE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 10 April 1937, Page 9
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