INFLUENZA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16817, 12 May 1919, Page 7

INFLUENZA.

IN THE REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIONS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn SYDNEY, May 9. Ihe Cabinet has decided to adopt the Medical Council's recommendations to t lift restrictions on race meetings and t outdoor sports immediately. "Decision regarding theatres and schools has been postponed. Frank Darcy, a brother of Les Darcy, and regarded as a coming champion, died of influenza. THE OUTBREAK INL SAMOA.' A ROYAL COMMISSION APPOINTED; .WELLINGTON, May 10. . A Royal Commission has been appointed by the Government of NewZealand to inquire into the causes of the outbreak of pneumonic influenza in .Samoa last year. The Chairman of the commission is to be Mr George Elliott, of Auckland, and the other members are Messrs Thomas Wilson arid William Harold Sefton Moorhouse. , They are to inquire into „the following questions:—(l) The circumstances and causes of the introduction of epidemic pneumonic influenza into the Islands of Western Samoa, in or about* the month of November, 1918, and of its extension in those Islands; (2) all matters connected with the departure of the steamship Talune from the port of Auckland on or about October 30, 1918, her voyage to the said Islands, and her arrival ihere, in respect of "the bearing of those matters on the introduction of the said epidemic; and (3), whether the introduction or extension of. the epidemic was caused by -any negligence or default" on the part of any persons in the service of the Crown, whether in respect of the Executive Council of New Zealand or in respect of the administration of the said Islands of Western Samoa. ■-, Mr R. G. Thompson, of the Hansard staff, has been appointed secretary to the Commission. . PASSENGERS DISSATISFIED. DRASTIC ACTION THREATENED. AUCKLAND, May 10.: The General Manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, replying to a protest by passengers booked by the Makura to Sydney, against the delayed completion of their voyage, expressed regret that it had been impossible .to provide earlier transhipment owing to complications caused by the influenza and the watersiders' refusal to work the vessel. Everything possible would be done to overcome the difficulty. A meeting of passengers yesterday expressed the opinion that the explanation was inadequate, and resolved that unless something more satisfactory was forthcoming, drastic action would be taken. It was further resolved to interview the local manager of the Company witf regard to accommodation- - •

THE MANUKA'S CREW.

ANOTHER, DEATH. WELLINGTON, May 10. : A second death among the members of the 'crew of the Manuka occurred on. Thursday night, when John Sullivan, 38, a single man, who signed on as fireman at Sydney died at the quarantine station on Somes Island from the effects of influenza. The Manuka (which has been quarantined since April) was permitted to berth ifchis morning. The watersiders will not work the vessel's cargo until Monday. - It is reported that there are ; two serious cases of influenza among the Manuka's crew on Somes Island. ' THE KOMATA. No further cases of influenza have occurred on the steamer Komata. The • vessel, after being thoroughly fumigated, was sent out to the stream yesterday, preparatory to sailing toTday for Westport. THE CHRISTOHURCH DISPUTE. PAYMENT OF "BLOCK 1 ' DOCTORS. ■'._.'-. CHPJSTCHUROIL May 30. As a result of a conference with the Hon. G-. TV. Russell over the payment of "block" doctors fees and representatives of the local branch of the British Medical Association, it was agreed to supply the Minister with the circumstances under which "block" doctors operated in Christchurch, .and also to make proposals with regard to a recrudescence of the influenza epidemic. PEACE CELEBRATIONS" AS'"'A" DANGER. -'., INVERPARGfLLL, May, 9. The ; Southland Chamber of Commerce;; decided to inform the Minister of Public Healthy that in view of the bility of a recrudescence of the epidemia the Chamber views with alarm the holding of Peace celebrations before the dangeT has passed. - . NO PASSENGERS EROM:- : AUSTRALIA. ."i\ Christchurch, May 11. The Hon: G- W. Russell states tljafc the embargo upon passengers travelling; from Australia renders it impossible fOr miners to.land in New Zealand. Ho hopes that before long the position wilt have sufficiently improved'to enable a restricted passenger service: to be instituted by -.which JJJew Zealanders at present in Australia will be repatriated. This cannot.take place until the conditions at the quarantine stations Vare such as to enable a full ship's cornpanyf to.be handled. Till then it is ;noi». considered desirable to relax the conditions of the embargo. • 1