THE PLAGUE.
B [PES pbess association.] i, (Received 7, 6 p.m.) s Sydney, January 7. r Dr. Rongier states that the Kanakas . possess greater resistant [lowers against, 1 the plague than the Indians, f (Received 7, (J p.m.) | Sydney, January 7. ( Enquiries prove that the Union S.S. , Company know nothing of the Moana stopping at the heads. The matter is I made more serious by the fact that the . passenger travelled steerage on the Nineveh, where the smallpox broke
out, and also was unvaccinated. Dr. Rongier, M. Pasteur's representative in Sydney, who attended sufferers from the plague in India, is of opinion that the disease will be quickly stamped out in Noumea, and considers that it is unHkely to spread to Australia. (Received 8, 1.8 a.ro.) Sydney, January 7. Mr. W. J. Lyne, the Premier, states that the papers from the health authorities came up for the Executive's approval after the man had slipped away by the Moana. The Premier has called upon the Board of Health for a report as to their action.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 6, 8 January 1900, Page 3
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