THE PLAGUE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 45, 4 March 1901, Page 2

THE PLAGUE.

PKB PRESS ASSOOIAHON. Received 2, 9.?3 a.m. CArEToww, M«roh 1. Professor Simpson, & well-known ; authority oa sanitary matters, told the Plague * dvisory Board that tho saai--1 tiry condition of paits of Capetown k 1 worse that Bombay, Since the outbreak: at the Cape there have bean seven deaths, aod there are twenty-oat rases in the hospital. (Received 2, 9.25 p m.) Sydney, March 2. A suspected case of plague was dig' covered on the troopship Acitillian which arrived from Capetown. The victim is a seaman. The ship wag immediately quarantined. Received 3 5.17 p.m. Sydney, March 3. The Board ef Health having been cfficia'ly informed that the Queensland ta?e is one of trim plague, stringent measures against Queensland shipping will Le again enforced. Received 1, 0.14 a.m. Sydney, March 3. Oisen, the Antillian's suspected plague patient, died t vnight. He dev loyei suspicious symptoms on Wednesday last. Uutil the diagnosis is completed to-morrow the nature of the i disease <annot bo definitely stattd. ! Received 4, 1 0 a.m. SYMi'iV, Match 3. Medical op'nion is that, she rase is one oi plugue. bus thtfio is \.\> nen; fm aUrui as tnc Antiliiaii uevo. c.'-n*« new tier T?b.s>,rf,