THE MARAROA HELD UP.

Taihape Daily Times, 12 August 1919, Page 5

THE MARAROA HELD UP.

CREVV REFUSES TO C\‘Al L. CI{RI.'S‘TI‘CHUR(7}I. :\_ug'. 1. The fe=:l'y steamer Mararoa was hdd up at Lyttefion to-night owing to the 91-«:A\\"s I'cf'.lsal to sail until Ithc ‘.'0;~:s01 112:5: been fumigatcd for 2+ hours. This {nation was takcnvmviug to twenty members of the crew having colltl'actod Sickness, which, despite nlo<]i<i:ll- opinion to the contrary, was suspcdfcd by the men to be 'influenza in epidemic form.

Dl’. Ifpham. Port Healfh Officer, after 21 tho"ough exmninafl'(nl, declared ‘chat the complaint was not influenza, bu‘t, merely severe colds. The men’s decision nof to take the “vessel to sea was not definitely announced until the south express was drawn alongside the .\[:lrurozL and the passengers a.‘\bollfr to embark. They were thel'ef’ol'e obliged fo return to the city. The Mal'a=.'ou resumes running to-Inol'l'o\v 11'ighf_ The coastzll_s?;’ezllner Mun-.n'o:l takes the North Island mails ’ro—nighsf.