LEPER PATIENTS.
CONCENTRATION IN FIJI,
(tAtas ASSOCUTIOK ItLtORAH.)
WELLINGTON, April 23. Some time ago it was announced that anairungement had been arrived at with the Fiji Government for the concentration of all lepers from British colonies m the Pacific at the Mokagai Leper Station Fiji. On Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour, there arc sevon lepers The Minister of Health, Sir Maui Pomarc, stated to-day that it J ia d been decided to close the Quail Island station and transfer the lepers from there within the next two or three months. The cost of their maintenance at Fiji would be borne by the Jfew Zealand Government. All the patients had consented to go to Fiji.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18365, 24 April 1925, Page 18
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113LEPER PATIENTS. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18365, 24 April 1925, Page 18
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