INFLUENZA

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 159, 31 March 1919, Page 8

INFLUENZA

SERIOUS SPREAD IN AUSTRALIA

RESTRICTIONS BEING TIGHTENED

By Telegraph—Pross Association-Copyright

(Roc. March 30, 5.5 p.m.)

Sydnoy,)Maroh 80,

In viow of tho continued serious spread 'of influenza and tho increasing deathrate, the restrictions are being further tightened. A number of schools have been closed. The emergency preparations, include the taking over of a number of public buildings for h'ospital purposes. The infected areas now include- many country districts. . .' ' ' • The latest reports from Victoria sta'te that there tho disease is shoiving renewed vitality, and there is an increaso in the number of deaths, though this may bo a temporary fpurt. South Australia and. Tasmania both report that the plague is getting a wider hold, and there has been a number of d«aths.—Press Assn. (Eec. March 31, 1.15' a.pa.) ■ Sydney, March .30. There have been twenty-one deaths from influenza, and 105 e&es reported during the past two days.— Assn. ABANDONED AGRICLTLTURAL SHOW COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES CLAIMED. ' ' 'Sydney, March' 29. A meeting of manufacturers passed a resolution suggesting that the Government should compensate them for the losses incurred through the abandonment of tho agricultural sliow. The general loss to the Stato is estimated^t two millions.—Press Assn. . ■ '