The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-04-14
THE SYDNEY QUARANTINE
HEALTH BOARD WILL MAKE IT
STRICT.
All Steamers From the South Will be
Carefully Looked After-Plumbers
Talk of Regulations.

At the meeting Of the Board of Health
yesterday afternoon special attention
was given to the subject of plague in
sydney and the necessity of keeping
up a strict quarantine against that
port. 1t was the unanimous opinion
that a quarantine as tight as that
against Hongkong should be put on
and maintained.
A letter from Theo. II. Davies e.
Company in regard to the action of the
Board in not allowing the Miowera to
land freight here brought up the sub
ject. The letter was as follows:
I'm accordance with the instructions
issued by you yesterday the freight
brought from Sydney by the steamship
Miowera was carried on by that vessel
to Vancouver, and the perishable por-
ton will doubtless be a total loss to
the consignees here.
1T is our understanding that the per-
ishable freight, butter and onions, by
that vessel was refused a landing on
account of it's place of origin being pre-
sumably the vicinity of Sydney, but
we do not know why the European
freight transhipped onto the Miowera
in Sydney was refused a landing, and
we should be greatly obliged to you
for information on this point.
"a great deal of European freight
comes here by the steamers Of the
Oceanic Steamship Company and the
Canadian-Australian Steamship Com
pany and it is of great Importance that
these companies agents in Sydney
should know under what circumstances
| through European freight will be
brought here. Will you therefore
kindly supply us with the conditions
under which the landing of such
through European freight" will be
permitted should the plague not be
promptly stamped out in Sydney"
DR.. Wood explained in detail the cir
cumstances of the arrival of the Milo
vera here from Sydney without a
health report. He said:
There was nothing to show on the
through bill of health for Vancouver
whether there was any plague in Sgd
ney even, and the officers actually did
not know that Sydney had been declar-
ed an infected port.
Sydney is fifteen days from Homo
lulu; Hongkong is eighteen; there is
more plague in Sydney than there is in
Hongkong. Our Consular representa-
tive at Hongkong supplies us with a
| full statement of the health conditions
in Hongkong; there is also an agent
Of the Board of Health there who fur
nishes us with exhaustive reports by
every steamer. Exactly the same con-
ditions prevail in Nagasaki, Kobe and
Yokohama. All these things are lack
ing in Sydney.
There is more danger then from
Sydney than Hongkong and conse-
quently greater precaution should be
taken in that direction. In Sydney YES
sells go right up against the docks, an
excellent opportunity for rats, in Hong
kong there are no docks to go up
against.
Are we to spend millions of dollars
in stamping out the plague in Homo
lulu and then permit it to enter our
city again from Sydney? l have since
learned that the MiOwera's freight hat
been on the wharves at Sydney, perhap,
for a week, perhaps for several weeks
That is where the plague broke out II
Sydney-on the wharves. We should by
all means keep Sydney freight away
from Honolulu"
Minister Young and the master
plumbers of Honolulu came in to dis
cuss plumbing regulations. The plum
bers recommended the San Francisco
regulations. They pointed out the ne
cessity of knowing at once what they
would be expected to do as the Minis
ter of Interior was requiring that they
finish the work by November 1. Il
was decided to refer to Engineer Ed.
wards with instructions to prepare
rules.
1t was decided that all bills incurred
since April 1 shall be approved by the
Board of Health in place of by the
Finance committee; and that after
o clock this afternoon the committed
may be discharged. DR.. Wood alsC
stated that fifteen days after the las
case there could be another reduction
of the force and expenses of the Board