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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 204, 30 June 1903, Page 3

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I j I Per Press Aasociation, , Beceive i 30, 0.22 a.m. , Sydney, June 29. Pa [ B c ngpn by th>> Oonnh ard Wan- I aka were quarantined on arrival. The ' Oonah was allowed to proceed to the 1 wbarf and thn Wauaka will probably ! bo reless.d to-TEorro v, All pas£eng?ra by the ves-el must remain in quarantine from fourteen to ttvunty-ooe d»yp, , according to whatlnr they are vaccinated or unvaccinated. EXTENSIVE VACCINATION. CHHJSTcauHCH, June 29. [ A large number of people presented themse!ve3 a 1: the D.-.partm;nt : to-day for vaccination. There has be*n 1 an extraordinary demand for Jymph lately, and it is estimated that fully 2000 people have be in vaccinated < in the colony during the paa s . fortnight. 1 Wellington, June 29. Marion, a mambjr of Dix's Gi'ety Company, who was in contact with a i smallpox pitient in Launceston ten 1 days ago and who arrived herd a few days ago and put up at ths Britannia , Hotel has been sent to Soamns Island for quarantine as a suspect. The Health Department took possessio i of ' the hotel on Saturday evenirg and took , all precautions including the vaccinv i tion of all persons in the hotel. The i place is now again open for busin-fs. j Tbe Tokomaru arrived from Hobart ; yesterday and is in strict quarantine. A passenger by the Momwai which : arrived here on Saturday was quarantined this morning. He was found to be affect/"* with a rash, it is not certain that it is smallpox. All the passecgets by the sama boat nre being vaccinated. A largo number of cit-'zins I are presenting themselves for vaccination.