INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 February 1919, Page 5

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

SPREADING IB AUSTRALIA. \ ! Melbourne, Feb. 4. ' ; Eighteen fresh suspicious cases of in* i fiuenza are reported. The Government • is closing all hotels and wine-ban from ; to-day until further notice. j There are 35 new influenza case* and : five deaths have been imported, making ( the total casea 1i.41 and deaths 65 ■' Hobart, Feb. 4, \ A case of influenza h reported at ■ Zechan. Adckide, Feb. 4. ! Another influenza case has been re< ! ported k the city, making the total : 45, \ MASK RBSUIiATiOffir. :j II . IIIIILI _ ult _ \ \ DKASdK! POLICE AOHOSfc\ Sydney, Feb. % "'• The police are dealing drastically wttS persons ignoring the mask regulatl«B.' Many have been arrested and fined. The first death in New South Waft* . was recorded at Albury The closing of hotels and elnb* n«r« I mit the supply of liquor ordered bf peat. or telephone. . ■•*•'* VICTORIA OT3TRICH-LIKEy : WON'T ADW EPH»Bi£IO XSSKB3OCQ Helßonrne, Feb. f , Although there have been six furtier deaths and twenty-two new caaM b*v« ! been reported, the Victorian authority J still refuse to admit the epidemic la ' serious, and have not yet taken the •«« ; vere precautious enforced in New Sooth! Wales, where the Stnto authorities are 1 ignoring the Federal lioverninent. and • strictly applying quarantine to VictofUa arrivals. ALCOHOL THE ONLY ANTIDOT*. . Received Feb. 4, 5.6 p.m. London, Feb. \. Sir James Cantlie states that alcohol , is the only valuable antidote for the new influensm. Many physician* aro preacfib' j ing it—United Service.