A TRANSPORT IN QUARANTINE.
DEATHS AT SEA.
i>y Telegraph.—Press Association. Cbrlatchuroh, Last Nijht. The transport Briton was placed i«. quarantine for twenty-four hours, tilers being two definite cases of mild influenza on board. An inhalation chamber Juu been insinllod in the ship, and the vessel was thoroughly fumigated. On Saturday morning the ship's principal medical officer—Major W. S. Sinclair—died from heart failure following upon epilepsy, and was buried at sea the same day.
The health of the troops on board hag been good on the whole. There arc ten light hospital eases suffering from suppurating wounds, etc., but beyond the influenza eases there are no infectious diseases. It is hoped to disembark the men to-morrow r.-.on;h:g. ■
2UOEE KETUENIYG SOLDIERS. Wellington, T,e.«t Nijht. Ea-e re cnls advises that the returning draft 210, per s.«. Wiltshire, will arrive at Wellington at noon on the 81st inst.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1919, Page 5
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144A TRANSPORT IN QUARANTINE. Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1919, Page 5
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