INFLUENZA
TWO CASES FROM SHIPS IN PORT
WATERSIDERS STOP WORK
Two suspected cases of influenza wore lat» yesterday afternoon admitted to the Public Hospital for observation. Both were men belonging to steamers of the Union Company. The waterside workers on each vessel adhered to their practice of stopping work as soon as it became known that a case of sicUe«, liad rrmilTpd Oil »l V6SS6I. ' Before 5 o'clock in the afternoon one cf the engineers on the. Kauri came ashore and wnt unaided, it is reported, to the Hospital. Last night the man displayed Bvmptoms of influenza. flie Kauri arrived at Wellington on Snturdaj afteiiioon from Auckland, to which port Ao had come direct from Melbourne. The reached there 01, he previous Saturday and underwent the usual A nuirantine. The men unloading ber oa4o he?; the hatches of the sliio shortly after 7 p.m. The member of the crew taken off the other vessel concerned—the Ivaranui w.is ?he second cook, who was conveyedto the Hospital in the afternoon, and last m„ht was in a stats similar to that of the engineer from the Kaun. The Knrnimi S-ot. ilicr'hareiii" Dunedm om'go, from which oort by "way of Lyttelton, she arrived at Wel'liniton on Sunday nig! t. The work of nnlnarlins Hie vessel was Lught to a standstill at 5 p.m.. and the watersiders did not turn to after that hour.
RIVEIUN'A OTJT OF QUARANTINE. The steamer Riverine., which was ordered to the stream by the Health authorities, left the Queen s TUaaf at 8.30 o'clock yesterday morning, dav she wis twice boarded b> th« Poi t Health Officer, who made a careful examination of the officers mm of the crow The temperatures of all were found to be normal, and as there was no sign of sickness the vessel was allowed to berth, and she returned to the wharf at I P.m. Burin? her stop, in nndharbour the Riverina was fumicatrd and other cleaning work was carried out. At 8 o'clock this morning n call tor labour to unload the vessel will > made, and if there is a response, from the men it is anticipated that she will be dispatched for'Svdney at S p.m. to-morrow.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 172, 15 April 1919, Page 8
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364INFLUENZA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 172, 15 April 1919, Page 8
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