Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 February 1940Vol. X, No. 7

Bad 'Flu Epidemic In

p. 12 · Read in the full issue

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Papua

From Our Own Correspondent

Port Moresby. Feb. 4.

A SERIOUS outbreak of influenza in the interior districts of Papua is reported to have caused the death of large numbers of natives.

Exact information is lacking. The Lieutenant-Governor is inclined to think that the report that hundreds of natives have died is exaggerated, but he admits that the position is serious. Medical patrols have been sent inland, carrying drugs and other equipment for fighting the epidemic.

The Shadow of War, or the Shade of Peace?

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