SUSPICIOUS ILLNESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 22 April 1907, Page 2

SUSPICIOUS ILLNESS.

KCKI'KCTKJ) CASK OK rLAUI'K AlIUAlil) 11.M.5. J'OWEIII'VL, lVr I'ress Association. Cliristehtiivh, April 21. A suspicious caw of illness has ocnv.l nil liuitnl 11.M.5. Powerful, flaj;iip of I lie Australian sipiadmn, lying anchor ill tlic slreani oil' Camp Bay, '-•lli'ltoii. \\ llliiilli lindgen, the canteen ;iilived from Sydney liy the alieno, and i-aiuo lo Lvttelloii cm linisday liy tlxo .Muraroa. ill' coniphiin--1 nl' unwell, and wns placed on ic sick fct yesterday. Dr. l.'pliuiii. Di-l health oiliciT, who went on board In- Powerful. and examined 1 tiiilfii-n, mud tin' symptoms suspicious. l)r. 'pliaui sl:itis ilie symptoms limy initiate plague. Iml a-jfiiiu it may Ik- only niliienza. Ik' at once tumrantined the 'owcrful, all leave was stopped, unit isitors are not allowed on hoard. Dr. 'pliani at once coiiiiuunicaleil with Dr. ''inch, District Health OHicer, who was o visit (lie Powerful iliis afternoon to xainiiie (lie patient. A conference had lieeii held between lie LyUeHon Harbor Hoard and Captain lalsey of (lie Powerful, with reference o the vessel alongside the wharf during the remainder of the stay 111 port. It is understood this was to have been done, hut in view of Bridtfen's ease, Die Powerful is now ipiariintineil and will have to remain in the stream.