INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1919, Page 5

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

MORE VIRULENT FORM IN LONDON Received 10, 9.20 p.m ' . London, Feb. 18. Mertnyal authorities state that the pr«» sent influenza is more virulent than the - earlier epidemic —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc t POSITION IN AUSTRALIA. f Melbourne, Feb. 19 Nineteen deaths from influena are reported, i Sydney, Feb. 19. • The police have been empowered to | stop news vendors in the Btreets giving . a sensational coloring to influenza new» , when the position docs not warrant itThere bus been one additional death, , making the total eightSydney, Last Night. The Minister of Health, comparing th» I epidemic with those in other countries t where it generally declined after three weeks, expressed the hope th at the . worst was now over, but there will be no plnxatlon in the restrictions at present. ; Melbourne, Last Night. Three more deaths from influenza are recorded. There are no prospects of ear. ly racing at Flemingt.on, the meeting being postponed till the end of March. | EVIDENCE AT COMMISSION By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. At the Influenza Commission, Dr, Ben« ' nett gave evidence of influenza at the garrison fort at Devonport, where a hospital ward was opened on October 7, there being 21 cases, two of which showed pneumonic symptoms. Dr. DTyor said that before the Niagara arrived he encountered a number of cases, the first being in May. He could now poal> tively identify these as of the epidemic type. lie always opposed the use of the term influenza, and preferred to call the disease "epidemic pneumonia." No one really knew what the disease was. It was not true pneumonia, but was brought about by a failing heart. Dr Hcrton said that 65 per cent of the population were affected by the epidemic. From post mortems he considered it. r. form of general blood poisoning. On August 12 he aaw a ea*e whioh resulted fatally. * An Idea of the tremendous use of th< motor car in America may be gathered from the fact that three of the leading American tyre manufacturers have, dur ing the past year, had between then a turnover of about £20,000,00 for tyres. Rolls-Royce cars (recognised the world over as the best"! have been fetch, ing enormous prices in foreign countries. Two have been recently sold in Spain for £4,150 and £4.453 respectively. In Fvance a second-hand Rolls-Royce realised £3,400, It speaks volumes for the makes of this English car that thei* pre-war models should command such high figures. In an emergency it sometimes happens that a motorist, has to use his jack on ground which, because of its , softness or other peculiarity, makes a large 'base desirable, if not actually ne- ' ' cessary But in the majority of cases ' an abnormally large base would be merely a nuisance; no one wants to be permanently burdened with a Jack that tnkes up a deal of room in the tool box, just because once in a while such tool would come in handy. The obvious answer to this double demand is a jack with an adaptable base. This of itseif is hsrdly a practicable suggestion; but there is no reason why we could not. have a jack with a supplementary base. When the regular base attached permanently to the jack is not adequate i for the job in hand, an additional foot- ' piece could be put in position beneath ■ the regular one and damped in place by ' the turn of a screw. The motorist would, then have a jack with sufficiently large base to get him out of any dif- t Acuity in which he may find himself ■; And when he is safely out, his supplemental base is flat, and can be packed away againßt the bottom or side of his ; tool compartment without occupying any great amount of space.

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