THE PLAGUE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 54, 19 March 1900, Page 3

THE PLAGUE.

ANOTHER DEATH IN SYDNEY. g r [By Electric Telegraph.-Copyright ] [pkb teess association.] * (Received 18, 6.40 p.m.) b Sydney, March 18. t A girl named McOann has died from t: the plague at Miller's Point. a (Received 19,1.30 a.m.) ° Sydney, March 18. Dovey's father has been attacked by the plague. Another suspicious caee is jeported s in the vicinity of Sussex-street. j; Over one thousand people have been { inoculated. j (Received 19,1.35 a.m.) j Sydney, March 18. Another suspicious case of plague ] has been reported. A married woman t named MoLauglin and her family I hare been quarantined, J Large quantities of fish are dying in ! the harbor, believed to result from disinfectants used in cleansing the wharves and sewers. Boats were collecting the dying fish and. taking them to the market, but the police stopped the sales. THE BAT CRUSADE. (Received 19, 1.35 a.m.) Melbourne, March 18. The crusade against rats has extended to the remote countiy districts, NEW ZEALAND'S PRECAUTIONS. ' Wellington, March 17. ' At a meeting of the local bodies, Dr. | Martin, Health Officer of tho city, re- ' ported that precautions should be taken to kill rats on board steamers before ' they could get to shore. He con- ', sidered quarantine unnecessary, as passengers would develop any ' symptoms of plague during tho voyage h atd the risk wis greater whan crowded J togoi.her in a nn<ll area. Tlivy should ' be allowed to 1-u.d (n giving a bmd to report themselves to the Health Otfijer, , and any who refused could be quarank tired. The mec ting dtcided to s»ud a " copy of the report t-> tho Government * and shipping companies. Dr. Martin's 1 idea is to pump carbonic acid gas into the holds ar.d thus kill off rata, Auckland, March 17. ! ? The Mararoa came up to the wharf , this evening to allow the landing of a. passengers and baggage. She drop 3 s out into the stream for the night, and e will leave for the South on Tuesday, Instruction has been issued to shipi masters and ship owners to take action i- in killing rats, which will be burned at .-, the dock engine-house. It ie reported d that a cumber of rats died mysteriously I, at Mercury Bay, They are supposed y to have, been brought to the bay by fop A^aji^