AUSTRALIA.
[By Eleotbio Tslbgbaph--Oopy.bight!l (EEUTBB'S TELEGEAMS.) . BRISBANB;Vdeo. 14. Two more deaths are reported on board the Dorunda. The medical authorities are in some doubt as to whether the disease is epidemic cholera, or whether it is not due to the effects of eating tinned fish which contained poisonous substances. ~Eateb. ' The British India Steam Navigation Go.'s Dorunda arrived here to-day from I Townsville. Fifteen fresh cases of sick- | ness have broken out and. five deaths ' occurred aboard the vessel since she left ' Towosville. The medical officer affirms | his belief that th@ disease is undoubtedly cholera, and that it was introduced at Batavia. ADELAIDE, Deo. 14. The Governor; Sir Wm. Robinson, performed the opening ceremony in connecTabn with the- new Arcade on Saturday. A ero»yd of the -^unemployed assembled and hooted his ■ Excellency because he drove in an imported carriage, and not o"he manufactured in the colony.
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Southland Times, Issue 9091, 15 December 1885, Page 2
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