PAPAKURA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 433, 10 December 1918, Page 2

PAPAKURA.

As mentioned in our issue of the 23rd ul*., two ladies who had been acting as volunteer nurses Papakura temporary hospita/unfortunately contracted tho disV»*fr«JlM became" patients in the We regret to state that in both iustancps death his ensued. OMf&Jf** two patients refegqdto, Mrs Paton, wife of Jfr Trrtoas Paton, of% Papakura, pa*el awajkonJPfMl last, at the aj& of 57 vljftj whilst Mrs Doris M. wife of Mr Alex. Whitfcjgham| Of Papa- t kura, and only dalghter «f Mr and *.- Mrs T Eleman, oH||anurewa, succumbed on Saturday, *i*t the ago of 22 years. Fearlessly trWentered on and carried out the of attending to tho afflrKvl, a'aitf 1 * sacrificing their lives for others " Duty nobly done " nny well form their epitaphs. The double fatality, just as Papakura was emerging from the grip of the disease, has cast a gloom over the township. Yesterday there were 29 inmates of the temporary hospital at Papakura, but nearly all are making good progress towards recovery, and it is proposed to close rhe hospital next Saturday, after which any new cases will be sent to the Auckland Public Hospital.