Influenza In Tahiti
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From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Nov. 1.
IN common with several other Pacific Island Group's, Tahiti was visited re cently by an influenza epidemic of a mild description. A considerable number of the population contracted the complaint and for a few days business houses and other employers were short of hands.
Fortunately there were few deaths and these could be traced mostly to elderly people or to neglected cases, which had suffered a relapse. A timely downpour of rain quickly terminated this unpleasant visitation.
Mr. J. A. Norrie, Commissioner of Labour in Samoa, who is also Crown Solicitor and Land Registrar, left Apia for New Zealand by the Maui Pomare on November 7.