BUBONIC PLAGUE

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 1, 26 September 1921, Page 5

BUBONIC PLAGUE

INFECTED RATS-IN SYDNEY ONE DISCOVERED IN CITY BLOCK [. - By Telegraph—Pres* Association— Copyright Sydney, September 24. Another'" infected rat was discovered on the wharf vacated by the Wyreema. Otherwise the war against the plague is proceeding satisfactorily.—Press Assn. (Rec. -September 25, 5.5 p.m.) Sydney, September 25. The belief that plague rats had been confined to the wharf where they were first discovered was shattered yesterday when an infected rodent was caught in -a city block outside the wharf cordon.’ The authorities are hopeful that it is only a stray animal .driven out by the activities of rat catchers inside the cordon. Further stringent precautions are being taken to meet tho development — Press Assn. Brisbane, September 24, An infected rat has been caught at Cairns, otherwise the position is unchanged.—Press Assn. precautionldTwmgton MEETING CONVENED BY MINISTER OF HEALTH. Tho Minister of Public Health (Hon. C. J. Parr) has received from tho Wellington Waterside Workers Union an offer of assistance and co-operation with tho Health Department and the Harbour Beard in minimising the danger c. plaque. The Minister has decided to convene a meeting of ITnrboaur Board officials. shinning companies, and members of the union, with officers of the Health Department, to-morrow, for the purpose of discussing and arranging plans to prevent the entry of plague per medium of ships arriving in Wellington.