STILL IN DOUBT
THE TROUBLE AT TRENTHAM
WHAT IS THE NEW DISEASE?
The Minister for Defence (the Hon. James Allen) and the Minister in charge of Military Hospitals (the Hon. R. H. Rhodes) are still waiting for the reports of experts before stating what ‘is the nature of the outbreak that led to the sudden decision to abandon Trentham camp. The Ministers stated yesterday that they had no further information on the point. They deprecated the startling reports that have been in circulation, but had. no precise information to impart. ' , . It is stated that the abandonment of' the 'camp followed the report of the doctors on a post-mortem examination held on . the body of one of the soldiers who died last week. The bacteriologists are . now working on “cultures” with the object of discovering precisely what malady 1 has spread among the troops. The official statements, it is noticed, deal still with measles end influenza only, but the authorities do not deny the existence of some other and more serious disease among the soldiers, •
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9094, 13 July 1915, Page 2
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174STILL IN DOUBT New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9094, 13 July 1915, Page 2
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