The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-21
PLAGUE IN
The SOUTH.
A Scare at Auckland,
!. New Zealand.
MEASURES TO CHECK IT
Governor Given Full Power--Situa-
tiOn at Sydney is Encoura ging--
Latest Dispatches.

Sydney papers are. still of the
opinion th-t the bubonlc plague epi-
demic in the Colonies is dying out. Ger
tainly. as far as Sydney is concerned,
the reports seem to be more encourag-
ing than otherwise.
For the last two weeks in June there
were only nineteen cases of the disease
| in Sydney, with only three deaths,
while on July the record in that city
was two clean days, with only a few
cases for the previous week.
| A plague scare has been caused at
Auckland, n. a., however, by the sus-
picious death of man, and the au-
thorities are taking all precautions and
are ready for a siege of the deisease.
The following dispatches tell the story
of the epidemic up to date:
| SYDNEY. July 2.--One case of plague
was reported on Sunday. There are
three contacts.
During last week there We're twelve
! fresh cases admitted 10 the quarantine
! hospital. Fourteen were discharged,
/ fully recovered. Three died. And this
morning there were sixty-four cases
remaining in the hospital. The total
number of cases registered up to noon
today is 297: the total number of deaths
Is 10l, and the numbeE Of recovered pa
tients discharge is ls3.
Two fresh cases of plague were re-
ported at Rr.5bane oa Sunday. Both
sufferers hs ~e been removed to quaran-
] tine. There 70 eight contacts in the
latter case.
SYDNEY. June S0.-Patrick Clancy,
s., a laborer, who died suddenly on Fri
dry night at the workmen's Home, Pitt
I street, and in connection with whose
death the .roner ordered n post-mor-
tenn examination, was this morning
found to have succumbed to the plague.
There are forty-six contacts.
A second case was reported during
this afternoon.
| SYDNEY, June 30.-The Premier in
formed Mr.. Rose in the Assembly on
Wednesday that he had arranged to
get 10000 doses of plague serum. The
president of the Board of Health had
expressed an opinion as to the efficacy
of the serum which had been borne out
by results. He intended to give the
House an opportunity of dealing with
a proposal to manufacture the serum
. here. The only difficulty was to find a
sufficiently isolated place to make it,
Mr.. Haynes-Shark Island.
An Honorable Member-Remove the
law courts thither.
ht DIiSDdut ids
, voted L % g month to the Mayor as ex-
, ecutive officer of the board, for ex.
penses incurred and services rendered
SYDNEY, June Pa plague scare
I has been caused at Auckland, n. Il.
I by the suspicious death of a man named
i | William Kelly, who was taken i'll afte
= cleaning out a drain, and died in si1
days. A post-mortem showed that tn
. lease might probably be one of plague
= and an exhaustive meteorological ex
animation is being made. Many medi
G cal men consider the case to be one o
= true plague. and others assert that
[ is only common blood poisoning. Mean
q while the house in which the man die
= has been quarantined and the famil
isolated. Exhibits in connection wit
u the case, have been sent to DIR. Ashbur
$ ton Thompson, of Sydney, for exam
o ination.
o WELLINGTON. June PA bill wa
r. introduced tonight to make special pro
vision to prevent and check the buboni
plague.
: The bill gives the Governor power I
s declare certain areas to be subject I
Il such areas all the powers which by tn
N public health act are conferred upo
: the local Board of Health.
The Governor shall also have full an
absolute power to enforce
]. The isolation, quarantining, In
spection, examination, disinfection an
at curative treatment of persons, premise
and things.
q The cleansing of premises an
n things.
3. The destruction of buildings an
no things.
mt 4. The control and direction Of shiy
he from infected ports or places. includir
ba the berthing and discharge of the ship
and the treatment of the cargo.
z D. The observance of such sanitar
es rules as he thinks fit to prescribe.
,r. 8. The establishment and use
- special hospitals. quarantine station
We or places, and the taking of land ,
as premises for temporary use for tn
on purpose.
n Everything done by the Governor
LII with the authority of the Governo
er under this act. shall be deemed to be 6
nd act of state and shall not be question:
lst in any court
1T Those who obstruct or hinder the e.
ecution of any of the Governors orde
d. in this matter, and medical practitio
ot- ers railing to report cases of plagu
od are liable to a penalty of ESQ.
nd The share of expenses of administe
OF ing the act payable by local bodies mi
OF be deducted from subsidies payable
hrs the government
yn The act shall be deemed to be repef
rs. ed at the expiration of the tenth d
yth after the close of the present session
ne. Mr.. Ward made a very syrnpathe'
II. and iudicious speech. and said he fu
cht recognized the great Inconvenience a
lie DISCRIMINATION of trade that would
ub. suit from declaring the province
her Auckland an infected district, and
for government hoped that isolation of &C
facts and inspection of passengers fr'