THE SAMOA TIMES, "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1880.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 178, 25 December 1880, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES, "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1880.

*\Vk in tliTs Group of islands, gotivrully Wisitlcrml tin- must salnlivintis among 'f.ho. many grniipit which 'lnt. Ihu Eolith Piteific, arc tluviilnit'd with (i foo tigninst hoall.h in the shape (if u fliseasc which s inn' yours ago was prevalunt in Kyi, 'ut flint, time swooping iiwny many thousands of tlwiiMtivo population!, ami which"! • '-'in within the pant months ■■ • i;.WI)IcOHIC ipWWlU'.' Ml tbut

When the schooner FogohwaWlved in our harbour from Levnka on Thursday it was reported that one of the crew was suffering from measles, the disease referred to in the previous paragraph, aud as a consequence then' was considerable excitement in town, which was, however. altavod when Dr. Funk, who had U-« n called to *.'« th- siek man pronounce., tin- invalid to be suffering frmi u i-:i i>fever.

The matter was net allowed to res! here, however, as the b'ngolrm hrouCdit news that another vessel had left Kiji I'm- this port, some days previous to hot departure. This information having tii'i-n conveyed to the Consuls, a meeting of the Municipal Hoard was called, and action taken by the issue of a Regulation concerning quarantine. We would urge upon the proper authorities the necessity for taking the most stringent measures to prevent the introduction into these islands of a disease which often proves fatal to whites, hut which if contracted lathe natives, would, judging by past events in Fiji, .sweep them away by thousands.