The Bubonic Plague.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 153, 24 May 1900, Page 2

The Bubonic Plague.

Melbourne, May 22. Four oases of plague, children in a family named Larsen have been discovered in Kensington. The 1 children have been ailing for some time. They attended a public' school. The Government are burning 40,000 bags taken from a warehouse where the plagued cats were discovered.

Bbisbanh, May 22. Two fresh cases of plague ate reported.

Launceston, May 22. The Wakafcipu has arrived from Sydney with the yellow flag flying. * One pf the crew is suspected to be suffering with tba plague.

A lady who knows India well told an American journalist that one cause of Indian famines is the indifference of , native chiefs. " The rajahs and nawwabs spend mitliona npori thair personal-, gratifications and not one penny' toward* "< irrigating their territories so that th»", growing grain may be watejred in time of drought. If the money they- waste in luxury and dissipation were used for, building ' large * reservoirs to - hold tba \ rain water such famines, as this would "* be unlikely to recur. The money which <,; is wasted by the rajahs and natife \ dignitaries would bui{d canals and tamf those arid deaerta into fruitful fields^ which could be made to yield at least **j living for the poor creatures who livft^* about theml" '- ' • , ''4s-

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