Low Fever Amongst the Natives.
LARGE NUMBER OF DEATHS.
NATIVE SCHOOL CLOSED,
(special to advertiser,)
Auokland, March 9, Advices to band from Opoiiki state that the low fever that has been bo destructive down the Kiißt Coast has made its appear* ance at llio native settlement of Omaio, some 35 miles eouib from Opotiki.' Some of the Oraaio natives had been sick at Kawakawa, and wore brought home by their friends, and the fevor has spread >hroQghout the whole settlement. Sixteen jactulteand 30 children are down with it, * and there has already been nine deaths, The na'iva school has hid to be closed, >ib two-lhirds of the children aro ill. The native leacher is doing hie utmost with he limited means at his disposal, but the nntivaa appear to havouiore faith in their lohimijus than in European medioinos,
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXV, Issue 7170, 10 March 1892, Page 2
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138Low Fever Amongst the Natives. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXV, Issue 7170, 10 March 1892, Page 2
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