ILLNESS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 938, 4 October 1910, Page 4

ILLNESS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

'■;:. .SANITATION v SAID ' TO■;'BE.-: - : :/;;•; v^v-.^eault;^■:■;■;■ ;,.•;> -^jv Some 'little-, time, ago we' called; attention to' the existence \ of '■ ■■ a •■'"banshee" ■ at .Government '■ House—a.-. dismal, :■ weird, howl wMch "shrieks-out its .affright onthe icy air of Bight , '—or;;day':for that m'ata .high: nor'-wester hit .has' been- blowing pretty .consistently !;'of -lato, and-Hhe :has been Ithan-any'.?. union ■would" permit 'were ; there.-; such'■■, brganisations' among-: these, .eerie■'■'prophets.-; of trouble.', It ..would seem ~tha£ ;th&.'.'\baiL-, ehee" \at Government House a truthful !party .after- all.' _Fort some , days. pßst ; :'some .of. the members: of-his : Excellency's" household'. staff - - have ■'; suffered :frdni ill-health, .the "cause' of ■ whichVwas hot;, easily aseertaitiable. ,A'As ' the com-plaint-.'spread,,it 'was^considered/advisable: to; call in expert-advice,,. and-the. ' result J'has'.been, V-.so ; it', is reported, certain .of y the sanitary. l ■'arrangements, have 'been\foiind ;to be\ at : fault, andj.it. is' pretty • conclusive' that: this -, has .'been thecause of the'iMispoeitipn among the members of: the :staffi .The "matter, is' a serious : No fewSr 'than ~nuie.-mem---bers ''of. the staff '.have been- [ incapacitated. during' the' Jast- four, or five QaySjeluding two of his Excellenoy's' , personal staff; '■' The full .strength .of'.the Public Works Department's experts have- been called, in to : rectify thai:-.which,;is, said to ■ be at ■ fault, 'and it .'.is now'hoped■ that there will ,esistno' : : cause fflr further, anxiety. . .Those: afle6ted,;kre ie&yir■erihg; '•:!."- : :.':~\';