THE PLAGUE IN NEW CALEDONIA.
Writing from Noumea on February 16, the correspondent of the Sydney "Herald" states:—The plague in Noumea is dying out by degrees. Only tone case has occurred since the Pacifique- left on the 10th. The patient is a European free man. He had serum injected, but it is considered that it was done too late, as the case is a bad one. The plague has broken out amongst the convicts who are working in the nickel mines at Nepoui, on the West Coast. This occurred on February 12, and since that time eight persons were attacked, and two out of the number died. The St. Antoine was loading for the East Coast on February 13, when they found some dead rats on board. The vessel had to discharge everything, and was fumigated. Two kanakas attacked on the 16th are under observation.
The French Consul has informed the Premier of New South Wales that from February 17 to 27, 14 fresh cases had occurred at New Caledonia, of which nine were natives and five European^. Eleven deaths occurred,' of which six were natives and five Europeans.
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Auckland Star, Issue 66, 19 March 1900, Page 2
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