THE EPIDEMIC IN AUSTRALIA
e POSITION OF THE STEAMER. SERVICES. (Kec. December 17, 11.5 p.m.) Sydney, December 17. There is no indication of the resumption of the passenger service. The secretary of the Seamen's Union states that the position from the men's point of view is still their demand for decent living conditions. lie addod: "The owners of the vessels laid up. here do not seem very anxious to get crews." The Union Company slates that the .possibility of providing temporarily improved conditions is under consideration. A settlement should soon bo readied when the vessels dock, and later wort of a permanent character will probably be carried out. The Koromiko, on arrival from \Ypl- - (New Zealand), was /placed in quarantine. Fremantle, December 17. Two further deaths are reported among the Boonali patients, one is a New Zealander, whose name is not stated. Indignation is expressed «t the quarantine It is alleged that a number of men recently quarantined from a steamer escaped and attended the races. —Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 71, 18 December 1918, Page 5
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