SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 2 August 1913, Page 5

SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY.

. TEN CASES YESTERDAY. ONE FROM THE GAOL. PATIENTS MOSTLY YOUNG. i (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, August 1. The Mahe-no's mails were landed tonight, but her passengers were detained aboard till the morning. i Ten more cases of smallpox were re- • ported to-day in the metropolitan area, including a prisoner at Darlingtan-st. , After some demur, his removal to q-iar-i antine was eventually allowed. The gaol . has been fumigated. Most of the gaol staff and some of the prisoners had previously been , Two cases are reported from Orange. A feature of the present outbreak is that the great bulk of the patients are , under 30 years of age. The doctors at Broken Hill have refused to accept the €k>vern_rr_*r_t teems for vaccinating, declaring that these work out at 2_d per head. SUSPECT IN THE WEST. (Received 10.10 a.m.) PERTH, this day. A young man passenger, arriving by tbe Riverina from coastal ports, has developed a suspicious rash, and has been quarantined for developments. STEAMER RATES TO FIJI. . RAISED 50 PER CENT. (Received 9.15 ajn.) ■SYDNEY, this day. Owing to the quarantine restrictions in Fiji, passenger rates to tbe group have been increased by 50 and freights by 25 per cent. When seen by a "Star" representative on the matter this afternoon, the Auckland manager for the I'nion Company (Mr A. B. J. Irvine) explained that the quarantine precairtions in Fiji were so stringent that vessels from infected ports had to lie in the stream for a period of from 10 to 14 days before being granted pratique. This made such a serious increase in expense that it became necessary to make a big increase in tbe rates. The freight charges from Auckland had been increased by 25 per cent, but so far no increase had been made in passenger fares. Mr Irvine went on to say that the epidemic at Sydney and Auckland had resulted in heavy losses for his company.