The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-18
FROM THE
ANT|POOES
The Plague Is Not Yet
Suppressed.
SENSATIONAL GOLD FIND
Australia Wants American Nayiga-
ton Laws Modified to Save
Its Hawaiian Trade.

| BRISBANE, August IA pTocIaHl"-
ltion is being issued resembling the proc
lamatlons which declared Sydney ana
Melbourne to be infected with bubonic
plague.
Another case of plague was reported
| in Brisbane on Wednesday, the patient
being an inmate of the Childrens' Hos
pital. who died before the nature of her
malady was discovered.
Another case of plague was reported
in Brisbane on Tuesday, the patient be-
| ing an elderly woman named Jemma
Warnock, a resident of Cricket street
Petrie Terrace.
| ROCKHAMPTON, August H.-An-
other case of plague was discovered to-
night. The patient Is a Chinese boy
named Albert All Moy, aged twelve
years, residing in the Chinese quarters
at the corner of William and Alma
streets.
The boy All NOV who had been suf-
fering from plague in the early part or
the week, died last night. He was
treated with the anti-plague serum, but
was very i'll when the case was reported
and the serum injected.
| TOWNSVILLE, august IA fresh
case of plague was reported this morn
ing, the patient being man named
Bernard Stephens, aged forty, laborer
residing in Palmer street, South Towns
| willie The case was pronounced to be 4
mild one.
John Hang, the Chinaman who has
been in the plague hospital since Mon
day, died today. The other patients are
/ proyreSsinP fayOraDly.
| Three fresh cases of plague were re-
ported on Saturday. William Hansen,
aged thirty-two, who arrived from
Cardwell on Friday night, and who was
lemployed at the Cardwell Meat Works;
John Burke, aged thirty-five, a laborer,
who lived in tent at Cluden, near the
rifle range, and Francis Hipworth, aged
eight. living with his parents at South
| Townsville Four of the patients Will
be discharged tomorrow as recovered.
Planet Vines. an immigrant by the
| Duke of Norfolk, who arrived here on
the 10th instant, was pronounced to be
suffering from plague yesterday, and
was removed to the plague hospital at
midnight.
Five more plague patients We're re-
leased from quarantine today, leaving
only three sufferers now in the hospital.
IThese are doing very we'll, and their
discharge is now only matter of two
In connection with the case of plague
that has occurred at Townsville, the
man having come from Cardwell, the
Home Secretary has received informa-
ton that serum from him WAS several
times examined, but with negative re-
suits. On being brought to Townsville
he was again examined, and the plague
bacilli We're then discovered. DR.. Tur-
ner, in telegraphing to the Home Secre-
! tary, appears to be leaving for Cardwe |
with the object of closing the meat
works, where the man is said to have
| been employed.
SYDNEY August 1.-THE Govern
Iment have decided to discontinue medi-
cal inspection of vessels arriving from
Port Phillip but the proclamation di-
recting that vessels from Queensland
shall be subject to inspection is still in
force.
SYDNEY, August 19.-Robert West,
who has meen in the quarantine hospi-
tai for about month, fell u victim to
the plague yesterday.
! Philip James arrived by the Aramac
| from Cairns on Sunday, and all on
/ board We're landed on Monday. His case
was pronounced one of plague, and he
was removed to the plague hospital at
midnight.
| SENSATIONAL GOLD FIND.
! SYDNEY, August ia sensational
gold discovery has been made at a mine
at Long Flat, near Gundagai. Pieces of
gold as large as lemons, coated with
oxide of iron, were found many pieces
weighing up to three-quarters of a
pound troy. Fully 1900 ounces We're OBJ
tanned.
SYDNEY, August lin connection
with the recent sensational discovery
at Robinson and Rlces mine at Long
Fiat, in the Gundagai district, nothing
was done on the property from Sat
urday last until yesterday, when Geo.
/ Rice, In the presence of u large num-
/ Der of miners and others, knocked out
! a bag of ore from an inch shute. One
! lump, weighing ten pounds, was esti-
mated to contain over 100 ounces of
gold and the contents of the bag were
valued Mt from el,OOO to e200O. Half
n prospecting dish of fine dirt taken
from the bag PANIED out about twenty
five ounces of gold. Gold still shows
quite as good I'm the roof of the drive
there being, apparently, seam of al
most pure gold
HAWAIIAN TRADE.
! SYDNEY, August 2s.-The Sydney
/ Daily Telegraph, after describing the
| laws which prevent British vessels from
| doing any business between American
ports. including business between Ha-
/ vail and the Mainland, has the follow
| ing;
| "Sir William Lyme has already ini-
tiated negotiations with the Govern
ments of the other colonies, with a view
TO united representations being made
to the Imperial Government, asking 1t
TO endeavor to obtain from the United
States such modification of the naviga-
ton laws as will place our commerce
with the United States by the way of
Honolulu on a more equitable footing
than 1t Is now.
! with the object OF strengthening the
Premiers hands in this important mat
| tSr, merchants and others areabelng in
Nlted ny circular 10 take such action
as they may think wise.
| The circular referred to recites the
iaGts already given, and proceeds in the