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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 176, 19 July 1872, Page 511

By Electric Telegraph

The Board of Health, recommends the Grovernmentjto declare Auckland an infected port ; that all vessels \from Auckland should be quarantined for 24 hours at'the first port of arrival ; the passengers inspected, and : the mails and baggage fumigated ; that subsequently passengers should be allowed to land after inspection by competent authorities ; that ships' companies should not be allowed to land at uninfected ports, and the communication of ships with ports to be restricted ; that at each port the extent to which ships are to be subject to inspection at every port should be defined by the Health officer. The Board further recommends th-3 establishment of small-pox hospitals in secluded positions, and that powers be taken by the Legislature ,to render vaccination compulsory, and for thet removal of infected persons to smallpox hospitals. The G-overnment has not given a definite reply. The boy Harrison is reported to have died of small-pox at Drury. There was no Orange procession at the Thames. A soiree attended by 600 people, passed off pleasantly. The Hibernians returned to Coromandel to-day.

The Caledonian crushing for a fortnight is" 635 ounces.

. The Nevada has sailed with 64 passengers.

Mr. Ferguson, sharebroker, has been arrested for conspiracy in connection, with the Green klarp case. Sheehan has been remanded.

The total quantity of gold retorted by the Green Harp company was 120 ounces, yielding only 69 ounces of melted gold. 151 ounces of copper were also obtained.

A new disease has appeared amono" the A rawas, those who are affected dying a few hours after being attacked. The symptons are pains behind the ears, and in the throat and stomach. After death the bodies become black and putrid. The Government has despatched Dr. Armitage to visit the diseased settlement, aud report on the subject. The General Government sent down a force of the Armed Constabulary from the Waikato, to pi event any disturbance between the Orangemen- and Hibernians at the Thames. Two thousand Hibernians paraded G-rahams-town and a collision was imminent. The Orangemen did not have a procession.

Mr. Gardner has re-opened his boarding-house.

The clerk of the Bank of Near Zealand, whose death was reported on Thursday, died of malignant typhis fever. The body turned quite .Mack. Members of the police £orfce are to be allowed ss. 6d. when travelling. Recruits,,2cfe co receive Bs. instead of day as hitherto.

G-overninent Gazette contains a proclamation declaring all vessel's from New Zealand ports to be liable to be placed in quarantine.A child has died at Long Gully, Bendigo, from small-pox. The deceased arrived by the Nebraska four weeks ago. This fact is authenticated.

A conference is being held between the Church of England and IPresbjterian ministers on the subject of their proposed co-operation with each other in thinly populated districts. The P. and O. steamers bringing the last two iSuez mails have beaten the Adelaide branch-boat by two and three days respectively. The question of the adoption of a national system of Education is being discussed./ ,