THE CHOLERA IN AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.]
Brisbane, December 12. News from Townsvillc state that two more deaths from cholera have occurred on board the Dorunda. There are four further cases which are expected to assume serious developments, but the other patients seem no worse than they were yesterday. Melbourne, December 12. The Victorian Gazette contains a notice, to the effect that in view of the outbreak of cholera on board the Dorunda, all vessels from Queensland ports will be subjected to quarantine on arrival at Port Philip. Brisbane, December 14. Two more deaths are reported on board the Dorunda. * Medical authorities in some doubt as whether the disease is an epedemic of cholera, and whether it is not due to the effect of eating tinned fish which contained poisonous substances.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2097, 15 December 1885, Page 2
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132THE CHOLERA IN AUSTRALIA. [BY TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2097, 15 December 1885, Page 2
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