INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1919, Page 2

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

WORK. RESUMED ON MOERAKI. THE STRANDED NEW ZEALANDER3. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, April 25. Work was resumed on the Moeraki at S o'clock this morning. The Mayor, Mr Luke, states in reference to the cable received yesterday from Sydney signed "Kent," appealing for assistance for "several penniless women waiting to return to Now Zealand," that he did not regard the cablegram as official, and would take no notice of it. Mr Luke went on to say that when, during the influenza epidemic here, Australians were strancjed, money was found to maintain them, also for their passages. This was done, by the generous assistance of several citizens. Fifteen Australians, some of them wealthy, gave 1.0.U.'s for the amounts advanced but not one of those 1.0.U.'s had been redeemed. Mr Luke considers the matter of the stranded New Zealanders one for the Government. ( REPORT OF THE COMMISSION. Christchurch, April 25. The Hon. G. W. Russell expects to receive tlie interim report of the Epidemic Commission to-day, but the contents will be private until seen by the Governor-General. VANCOUVER SHIPPING ARRANGE- • MENTS. Sydney, April 25. As the result of New Zealand quarantine restrictions, the Union Company has decided to send passengers for Vancouver direct to Suva, where they will connect with the Vancouver steamer,— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.