The greatly-dreaded plague, named the'; >•; "Black Death," on account of purple blotches coming out on the skin, has at' various periods depopulated most of 'the -.-, capital towns in all parts of tho world. The (treat Plague? of London carried off 100,000 i persons, and fifty years later 60,000 died of-" a similar disease in Marseilles. In tho year 1792 no less than 800,000 persons died of-'-._, : plague in Egypt; and by latest telegram from India., deaths there have exceeded . f half a million. Of recent years, notwithstanding the advancement made in medical science, and the precautions taken by local authorities in sanitary matters, wo find the k pestilence still in evidence in its ugliest " >j form. Professional and business men in » Auckland will doubtless ■ bo relieved to know that tho " Advanced" Policy of The ~ Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corp., Ltd., / | covers Bubonic Plague, as well as fever, J and other diseases, and that no restrictions \ • ; - regarding travel arc attached to the said , policy * ■ • ' - '■■-svvS'&V":
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 5 June 1907, Page 8
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164Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 5 June 1907, Page 8
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