THE BUBONIC PLAGUE
LONDON, February 10
The first symptoms of plague at Capetown appeared in the South Arni docks, where the military transports discharge. Rats have since deserted this spot, and a,re migrating to Green Point, where the British camp will probably be abandoned.
A reward of threepence per head is being offered for rats.
LONDON, February 11. Eleven fresh cases of plague are reported at Capetown.
The authorities are rapidly destroyingrats.
SYDNEY. February 11. It is officially stated that the suspected ease at Lismore is not one of plague. ' : LONDON, February 11. The Louden County Council is spending £50,000 in the erection of buildings and hospital arrangements to meet any outbreak of plague.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1511, 14 February 1901, Page 33
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