ARRIVAL OF THE KIA ORA
DURATION OF QUARANTINE NOT DECIDED. By Telczraph-Press Association!" Christchurch, May 7. The Kin Ora, with a large draft of troops, arrived in the stream at Lyttelton at 5.30 this evening. The port health officer, on boarding the vessel, discovered one case of influenza among the crew, in addition to several soldiors in the convalescent stage. The ship will not be released from quarantine- , before Friday morning. It is deemed likely that the patient and contacts and convalescents 'will bo removed to Quail Island. Permission has been given to Defence officers, under certain restrictions, to board the vessel to-morrow to prepare-for the disembarkation of the troops. The district and nort health officers will confer in the morning as to what further steps shall be taken in regard to the outbreak of influenza on board.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 191, 8 May 1919, Page 6
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138ARRIVAL OF THE KIA ORA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 191, 8 May 1919, Page 6
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