THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.
STRONGEST MI'ASURES BUNG TAKEN. Rocched January 20, at 9.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Januaiy 20. Private letteis from Noumea speak ol tho Hungenl measure to stamp out the )il.-gue. R its aio held chiefly leeponsible for the spioad ot the disease. Oxer two hundred rodents in one consignment of nee were killed. 250 tons of rice weie tlnown into tho sea. FllO and watci disinfectant aro mhtiumental in checking the di&easo. In one case it is reported that whilo a young Englishman was killing n rat » flea oil' tho animal bit him, Bulxic formed and bpread through his system. ADELAIDE, January 2U. No fresh cases of plague aie repoitod.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9944, 20 January 1900, Page 2
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110THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9944, 20 January 1900, Page 2
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