The Plague.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 26, 29 March 1907, Page 5

The Plague.

TWO MORE DEATHS. Sydney, March 2G. A child is suffering from plague at Miller’s Point. Another death is reported from the plague hospital. No More Seasickness. London, March 26. Sir William White (Naval Constructor) reports that Schlock’s gyroscopic apparatus extinguishes the rolling motion of ships. The gyroscope is a heavy flywheel, placed amidships in a vessel, and which when the ship begins to roll is caused to revolve at a high speed. The centrifugal energy evolved, it is claimed, overcomes the rolling motion, making the ship steady in any weather and so securing the comfort of passengers. An Indiscreet General. Paris, March 26. General Baillond, commanding the 20th Army Corps, has been transferred to the command of the iGth Army Corps. This step has been taken to mark the disapproval by the Minister for War, General Picquart, of an indiscreet speech by General Baillond, in which he declared that war was possible and that he hoped the 20th Army Corps would contribute to the restoration of the lost French Provinces (Alsace and Lorraine). Murderous Moors. Paris, March 26. Owing to the murder of Dr Mauchamp, a French subject, in the streets of Marrakesh, a noted slave market south of the capital, the cruiser Jeanne D’Arc has been sent to Tangier. A fanatical mob stoned the British ViceConsul at Marrakesh while he was defending his residence, in which Europeans had taken refuge. The Consul shot one of the mob. A Frenchman accuses Germans of inciting the Moors against the French. The natives were enraged at Dr Maucharap’s experiments with wireless telegraphy, and a mob gathered at his house, forced an entrance,'and stoned him to death. The Doctor's body was also stabbed repeatedly. Houses belonging to several Europeans were sacked.