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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1241, 22 July 1872, Page 2

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[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, July 20. The Novelty has arrived. She left Sydney on 13th July. : Sydney, July 12. The Hero arrived at Newcastle on 7th July, with a passenger on board lying ill with small-pox. The Government placed the vessel in quarantine. The Hero was allowed to finish coiling, but-uo one was permitted to communicate with the shore. Unfortunately many parties went on board during the morning, and two, who visited the invalid, are since at large. The man's name is Joseph Sutcliffe, a steerage passenger for Melbourne. He visited the eatiug-house, at Auckland, at which the man died of small-pox a few days prior to the sailing of the. Hero. Symptoms showed themselves when two days out. Sutcliffe died on 10th July. Melbourne, July 11. In Melbourne four undoubted cases of small-pox exist. The patients are isolated, and every precaution is taken to prevent access to them. The first case was one of the passengers by the Hero on he* last trip from Auckland. The house occupied by James, at Long Gully, where smallpox brake out was only 30ft square, and tenanted by fourteen persons, none of whom were vaccinated. Another death of a . child is 3 reported, two altogether. Patients afe isolated inj special buildings on the ranges. Ships from New Sou 'H

YlTales are placed' in quarantine. It is probable a Bill amending the Vaccination Act will be introduced, niaking it an offence to conceal, the nature of the disease, and enforcing compulsory vaccination in outlying districts. On the 10th July BmaU-pox was spreading. .•?■-"• -,-'•-< Other cases, are reported at Eaglehawk, and the most stringent precautionary measures. are adopted. At Sandhurst at present six adults and three children are in the sanatorium at Long Gully. The third child belonging to Mr James's family has died. Mrs Robertson, an : elderly woman, is dangerously ill. The disease is caiisin 5 great consternation, especially in the neighborborhood of Sandhurst. Most of the schools are dismissed. Sydney, July 11. No fresh cases of sraall'pox, and the excitement has quite subsided, as those who contracted the disease are progressing favorably. Brisbane, July 11. A proclamation has been published to the Jeffect that as small-pox has been reported in Sydney, Victoria, and New Zealand, all vessels from thence muat stop at the hulk Proserpino. / . : No passengers are allowed to land until the vessel has been boarded by the Health Officer and admitted to pratique.