GOOD NEWS FROM SYDNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 57, 8 March 1900, Page 5

GOOD NEWS FROM SYDNEY.

WELLINGTON, this day

The following cable was received from the Health Department, Sydney, last night:-"No nctunl cases of plague at present. No suspicious cases., All the persons detained under observation ■are well." . . - The Government are considering the necessity of sending a bacteriologist to Sydney to study the symptoms and 1 development, of bubonic plague, and ;Mi- Oilruth, veterinary surgeon, who •had special training in the technique of bacteriology, is likely to be chosen. Dr James, health officer, while recognising that the closeness of the plague to New Zealand is a serious | menace, says there is no necessity for j becoming alarmists.

CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday,

At a meeting- held to-day, convened by the JSew Zealand branch of the I British Medical Association, to disj cuss the question of the chances of the I bubonic plague reaching Christen urch, the Mayor presided. There was a ! o-ood attendance of medical and com- !. niercial men. The following' -resoluItions were carried:—"That this meeti ing, consisting1 of ■ representatives or ! the City Council, Chamber of Cowiinerce, and Canterbury section of the j British Medical Association, strongly urges upon the Government the deI sirableness of taking1 active measures to prevent the introduction of 'plague into New 'Zealand; that the measures recommended by the necessary quari arifihe regulations should be taken, 'and that there should be some system lof inspection before vessels leave Australian ports; that.the Government be | requested to approach the owners of i vessels trading- with New Zealand, 1 with the view of arranging" that all : loading at Sydney be done at wharves | and places not in an infected locality: i that the Government be recommended ■to send an expert at once, to Sydney ito study the disease from both the i sanitary and medical points of view. ! DIJNEDIN, Wednesday. The Union Steamship Company has ! been advised by its Sydney ottice iliat ; every precaution is being' taken by I the health authorities there tn prevent the bubonic plague from spreading. 'The company is taking- stringent measures Jipr thY destruction of ,rats oir the* wharf; and'is using- the strongest ' disinfectants. ! CAPETOWN, March '7. I The plag-ue has appeared here, be|ing brought by a ship from Rosario.