AN URGENT TRIP .
LIGHTKEEPER ILL By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, June 10. A special trip to Cape Maria Van Diemen with a doctor who was urgently needed to attend the llghtkeeper and his family was made by the Government steamer Matai which arrived at Auckland to-day. When the Matai arrived at the Cape the doctor found that Mr Thompson, one of the lightkeepers, and his wife and child were suffering from a severe skin ailment. They were brought to Auckland by the Matai for further treatment.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20441, 11 June 1936, Page 8
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85AN URGENT TRIP . Timaru Herald, Volume CXLI, Issue 20441, 11 June 1936, Page 8
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