AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
MELBOURNE, Yesterday. The Victorian Government, in consequence of the great increase of small-pox in Sydney, are now taking further precautionary measures against the spread of the disease in this colony. A prospectus has been issued here, inviting subscription for shares to the amount of £20,000 in the Moke Creek Copper Company, Wakatipu, New Zealand.
SYDNEY, Yesterday. Seven fresh cases of small- pox have been reported to the Board of Health. AH the sufferers have been removed to the quarantine station, and their various residences have beed isolated.
Later. Two further cases of small-pox in the city have been announced.
BRISBANE, Yesterday.
The Detached Squadron left here at noon on Saturday last, for Fiji Islands. His Excellency Sir Arthur Kennedy and a large party from Government House were present, and witnessed the departure of the Royal Princes.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 142, 24 August 1881, Page 2
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