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Waikato Argus, Volume XV, Issue 6039, 12 September 1903, Page 2

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w THE PLAGUE. Pekin. September 11. Plakue is raging at Nimchiveyn, in China. Eighteen deaths occurred on Sunday. No sanitary control is being exercised, and the dead are left unburied. Brisbane, September 11. A Chinamau at Fortitude Valley was found suffering from plague. The Health Officer regards it as a sporadic case, such as is nearly always found at the end of an epidemic. No plague rats have been found since June Bth. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! DEFEAT. London, September 11. The Times, commenting on the significance of the Barton Government's defeat on the Arbitration Bill, condemns the efforts of the Labour party to build a Chinese wall of solid legislation round Australia bo as to keop the country for their exclusive benefit and enjoyment. It adds that the results of the States' reproductive works conducted under labour inspiration are not calculated to increase colonial credit and encourage capitalists to provide money and develop the wealth of Australia. MAN ASPHYXIATED. Sydney, September 11. Three men occupying a bedroom at Miller's Point were overcome by an escape of gas. Oue of them, named Sorenson, is dead, and the others are in a critical condition. SEIZURE OF BRITISH ISLANDS. London, September 11. United States warships seized several islands in Sarval Bay, Borneo, which Britain has administered for a quarter of a century.