; , AURRLAj&Py ^larcln 26. "' No •"(lecisioii had' been niade regarding ihe date for the opening of sehools in Auckland, said tlie Minister of Edqca tion (Air. McCombs) in Christchurch touight in answer to a telephone in quiry from the Herald. Air. AlcGombs was asked to ma ko a statement as soipe parents who lived in otlier dis tri.'ts but sent tlieir children to board. iijg sehools in Auckland believed thai" the sehools wonld open after Easter "The sehools are t'losed and will be opened when the paralysis epidemic sliows some sign of easing, " said Air. AlcGombs. Four more positive cases of infantib* paralysis have been reported in' the Auckland Province in the past two days,- two in -the Central Auckland Health Distriet and two in the Soutii Auekland Health Distriet. Two suspected cases liave also oceurred in tlie Central Auekland area and one in Soutii Auckland. There were 51 positive and two suspected cases 'in Auckland Hospital toniglit.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 March 1948, Page 5
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