THE TALCA'S VOYAGE.
SYDNEY, May 8. The captain of the Talca states that the crew refused duty 1600 miles from Tahiti, demanding to be put in to obtain medical aid.
J The pilot at Papeete harbour, after learning that typhoid was aboard, and that the bill of health showed that small-pox existed at Iquique wheu the Talca sailed, promised to return with a doctor within an hour, The Talca remained oft' the island five hours, and no assistance was sent. Darkness coming on, and the Taloa drifting to leeward, the crew consented to come on to Sydney.
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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 7005, 9 May 1906, Page 2
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97THE TALCA'S VOYAGE. Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 7005, 9 May 1906, Page 2
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