OPERATION AT SEA.
(By Telegraph—Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day. On February 14th, when the Ruapehu was off Pitcairn Island, a radio , came from the freighter Westmoreland, which was a few hours behind the Ruapehu, asking for medical assistance. One of the cadets, of whom the freighter carries several, was seriously ill with appendicitis. The Ruapehu’s doctor was incapacitated with a badly ■ sprained ankle," but the steamer put •; back eight and a-half hours to the Westmoreland and a passenger (Dr. ’• Hudson) went aboard and operated next morning. He was transferred back to the Ruapehu on the 16th. Dr. Hudson is returning to Nelaon after studying at Home, where he mar- . ried.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 February 1928, Page 4
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