THE "PLAGUE" CASE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 April 1907, Page 2

THE "PLAGUE" CASE.

XO MASONS FOii AJ'I'KIiIIiOXSION. ■kt >cr >l<as Association. Wellington April zi. "All that we know is that the man ill tlw iliij-.sliij) came from Kvdnev," sael .lie chief Health Ollicer {Dr.'.Mason) tlii-i afternoon. "He was passed by the port icaltli ollicer, ami joined the l'owerl'ul on ihursday. 'I here was then on evident j if any ailment apparently, lie developed syniptjins wliieli suggested plague, and, in consequence, he hits been isolated. , Precautions were immediately taken. Il'lie ship was disinfected, aud'the man was taken to the quarantine s.ation, I,'uail Island. Though a very careful examination of all other persons on the hip was made, no evidence suggestive >f 1 lie plague was found. There will lie 10 interference willi (he* movements o r / lie llagship. I don't think there is any aeeil to apprehend anything unusual. Whatever it is It is very alight." Tlia I ."'•ienl will lie kept on ( t luail Island till . lie recovers from his ailment. ))r ilasolt eit toi' the South this evening to see . lie snll'erer. The Health Department I ias communicated with (lie Union S„S. Company, and arranged fur llie disinfee- ( ion of the cabin occupied by the patient. ■ ihe man showed no signs of illness till ' a: joined his own ship, the Powerful.