NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, 13 October 1917, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

NO LAB DUE I-;... 3EI P. LOADED BV -. J MEDICAL SUPPLIED HUNG i n. WELLINGTON, Oct. i.. A steamer containing coal and a A,tie general cargo has been lying a. :;e of the Wellington wharves iLr . - ral weeks. The w.ucrsid v. .in i.l not unload her because sue . , I by strike-breaking tree ia.m. r i:; , ~s-tra.ia. tra.ia. Dr. Thacker men.km-..1 in ;h . . j of Representatives m-.m;. i. .. .. p contained a quantity of dii -i... .ia anti-toxin, which was ve iy needed just now, as a dipiitl > ia epidemic was affecting some part .if w Zealand and there • was a snoring- of anti-toxin. Mr Massey said that the position had been explained to him the pro., is night. There was a mild epidemic of diphtheria in Wellington u ;k1 , htchurch and there was anti-ton:, l , on the steamer. That morning In had seen the. chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board and the concilia.,on commissioner, It was hoped that an arrangement would be made by which this anti-toxin and the other medicinal drugs could be unloaded. Mr. H. G. Ell said there was also a shortage, of chloroform in New Zealand, and there was a supply of chloroform on the steamer. Did the waterside workers understand that they were holding up such supplies? Mr Massey said he had now informed them to this. “I would just like to say.” he added, “that this state of things cannot go on much longer.’ ’