THE PLAGUE.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10634, 19 April 1900, Page 5

THE PLAGUE.

FIVE CASES AT CAPETOWN,

THE 'MALADY IN SYDNEY,

FIVE NEW CASES AND ONE DEATH.

United Frees Association—By Eltoirio

Telegraph— Copyright. (Received April 18th, 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 17. Five oases of plague are reported 'from Capetown.

(Received April 18th, 9.25 a.m.)

SYDNEY, April* 18.

Two plague suspects mysteriously disappeared between the time of the doctors reporting and the arrival of the health authoritiesr'

(Received April 19th, 1 a.m.)

Ball, one of the missing suspects, was subsequently found wandering in the street.

(Received April 18th, 9.40 a.m.)

SYDNEY, April 18.

Mr Lyne has instructed the Health Board that the greatest care is to be taken, in removing patients, regardless o£ expense.

A rat crematorium has been established in the city, end 2d per head :» paid for the rodents delivered.

The captain of a, vessel trading to China ports states that aa soon as the cold weather appeared there the plague disappeared.

Japanese advices state that the* ports are now practically free from plague.

Noumea reports that) no case has occurred in New Caledonia since March 23rd« The mortality amongst the rats has ceased.

MELBOURNE, April 18.

A third member of the South Australia's crew developed suspicious symptoms, and has been isolated. There is some doußt in Wilson's case.

PERTH, April 18. There are no further cases of plague. A large staff of men are cleaning the eitjr.

(Received April 18th, 10.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 18. There was five (fresli cases of plague today.

The fresh cases of plague include: — O'Neill, Summerbill; Curtis, Paddington; Bower and Mrs Harman, George street. O'Neill is dead. (Received April 19th, 1 a.m.)

SYDNEY, April 18. Auother section of the Darling quarantined area has been released. BRISBANE, April 18. Some of the doctors declare that the Burwah case is not true plague.