WELLINGTON, Tuesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1767, 1 November 1883, Page 2

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.

At the inquest on the girl Alice Come, who died suddenly on Saturday, the post mortem showed that death resulted from natural causes, and a verdict in accordance with this was returned. Last Night. The Zealandia, with the October English mail*, left San Franci^qq for Auckland on the 3Qt;h. in.fc.ti) ti"ie-tablo date, The City of Sydney, with the October colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco, from Auckland, on the 20th October, three days earlier than time-table date. The ship Westland arrived from London with 324 Government immigrants to-day. Shortly after her arrival it was ascertained that a case of small-pox had occurred during the voyage, and. sfye, was pidere,^ into quarantine. It; appears t:hat the disease first ri^ade its appearance among a fanply on August 17th, and immediate steps were taken to isolate the patients, and no further spread has taken plaoe. Tqe patients begxine co^vale^Qjnt on the ist inst, and since that date the vessel has been thoroughly fumigated. There is at present no sickness on board, and after the usual cleaning up and disinfection the ship and passengers will be admitted to pratique. From the papers sent ' ashore it is ascertained that lour deaths occurred, one infant fyo^ naturalcauses, the others, "being' tnree seaipen, viho were drowyi&a. Ko definite, par-'ticuVarL'^re/'^eVep,-«tshore' J a9 W ow tlwtjQ inon Iwt tlwiv Uv^, , i