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I ANGLO- AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.] Port Chalmers, Feb. 13. Arrived — Mongol, s.s., from London; 49| days from land to land. There were sixteen deaths on the voyage, but the diseases were confined to the married people ; the single were quite free. She brings a mail for Wellington only, which has baen fumigated. The vessel is in quarantine. The following are later details of the diseases on board the Mongol : — 67 cases and 4 deaths from measles ; 21 cases, 5 deaths, from scarlet fever ; 8 cases, 3 deaths, bronchitis ; 1 death from diarrhoea ; 1 from inanition ; 1 from sunstroke ; 1 from ulcers. All the cases of measles have now ceased. The diseases have been confined to one compartment, amongst the married people. They broke out shortly after leaving England. She bring 3 only 12 passengers for Dunedin. The rest for Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. Wellington, Feb. 13. The Premier was a passenger by the Mikado yesterday for Auckland. No members met in Parliament yesterday;
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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1726, 14 February 1874, Page 2
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