STEAMER TO BE QUARANTINED TILL FRIDAY.
(Per Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, May 7
The Kia Ora, with a large draft of troops, arrived in the stream at Lyttelton at 5.30 this evening, The Port Health Officer, on boarding the ver»sel, discovered one case of influenza among the crew, in addition to several soldiers in a convalescent stage. The ship will not be released from quarantine before Friday morning. It is deemed likely that the patient, contacts and convalescents will be removed to Quail Island. Permission has been given to Defence officers, under certain restrictions,,to board the vessel to-morrow to prepare for the disembarkation of troops. The District and Port Health Officer will confer in the morning as to what further steps shall be taken in regard to the outbreak «f influenza aboard.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7565, 8 May 1919, Page 5
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131STEAMER TO BE QUARANTINED TILL FRIDAY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7565, 8 May 1919, Page 5
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