INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1919, Page 5

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

MINES STOPPED. Sydney, April 28. Speakers at a most'm"' of members cf. the Miners' Federation in the Maitland district assured the miners that the stoppage which had occurred was entirely due to influenza. There have been 42 deaths from influenza during the week-end, making a total to date of 849.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable .<issn. TOTAL DEATHS IN VICTORIA. Melbourne, April 28. There have been 32 deaths from influenza during the" week-end, making a total of 1226.—Au5.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A QUARANTINE DIFFICULTY. Hobart. April 28. As a result of quarantine restrictions, the Government has chartered the steamer Riverina in order to relieve the serious position of the Tasmanian producers. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RESTRICTIONS TO REMAIN FOR FORTNIGHT. Received April 29, 1.30 a.m. Sydney, April 28. The Medical Council has decided to recommend Cabinet to defer the question of lifting the influenza restrictions for a fortnight. The decision includes racing. Cabinet considers the matter to•niorrow. 64 CASES IN NEW ZEALAND. Christchurch, April 28. The Hon. G. W. Russell staled thaithere were 64 cases of influenza reported in the whole Dominion, of which fifteen were severe. Only three cases hail been notified in the South Island, and this seemed to point to the fact that the disease was stronger in the wanner climate.