The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17

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sui.s iuf nul Auuwtng me iaaulng OF
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Neshe lfum Use sJath bring TO Uilt OF
heaun iui tass pJfD ihe tdTs"ihs
b,.l.t.y ttsu otitnCdte % me tncc,
tna. .neit hase buei no cases OF SICK
ntss auJatu ,ne.f Snaps tot tne ,ds, stN
mOnlht. Oh t1t Miowurd ! t0u.i HAD
out no.hiLg In regard to the p.ague IN
SyuntN, the hunJer OF casts wnen the
stedn.er .et., .heir Whereabouts, the
neArLess OF me intec.ed dis.rlct to the
IDEAS, wne. her thete were any cases o.
p ague In sydney at all. wnere the
ieisht had come from, whether II han
AN On the wharves AZ oydney, or any
thing at all In the way OF desired in
formation.
"a here was nothing to show on the
through bill of heath for Vancouver
whether there was any plague In sgd
nty even, and che officers actualy did
not know that sydney mad been neclar-
ed an infected port.
sydney Is nIteen days from Homo
lulu; Hongkong is eighteen; there Is
more plague In Sydney than there is in
Hongkohg. Our Consular representa-
tive at Hongkong supplies us with a
full statement OF The heath conditions
In Hongkong: there is SO an agent
of the Board of Health there who fur
nishes US with exhaustive reports by
every steamer. Exactly the same con-
diioLs Prevail In Nagasaki, Kobe ana
! okohama. All these things are Jack
ing in Sydney.
"The. is more danger then from
Sydney than Hongkong and conse-
q ENTITY greater precaution should be
taken in that direction. In Sydney YES
sells go right up against the docks, an
excellent opportunity tor rats, in Hong
kong there are no docks to go up
against"
IN. Pitch of the Argume'
President Wood spoke at length on
the plague In Sydney. His words are
only briefly recorded here, but the doc
tor, in thorough earnest and feeling the
utter Importance OF the necessity of
keeping out goods from infected Sgd
ney, struck the key note of the whole
subject when his eyes flashing and in
dignatiOn written in every feature. he
exclaimed, Are we to spend millions of
dollars in stamping out the plague In
Honolulu and then permit 1t to enter
our city again from Sydney?" The doc
tor went on to say. after an effective
pause, 81 have since learned that the
Miowera's freight had been on the
wharves at Sydney. perhaps for week.
perhaps for several weeks. That Is
where the plague broke out in Sydney
on the wnarves. We should by all
means keep Sydney freight away from
Honolulu"
The Rat OF tcaer.
Rat Catcher Duval was made an
agent of the Board of Health at yester-
days meeting and the executive officer
authorized to provide six traps for him
to work with.
DR.. Wood announced that IL fifteen
days passed since the last case of plague
without another case many of the ex-
penses of the Board of Health could be
done away with and that at the end of
thirty days of immunity this would
be declared a clean port.
1t was decided that the Interior De-
partment should be notified that all
plague bills subsequent to April LIST
would be approved by the Board OF
Health and not by the Finance Com
mittee. The Board adjourned about
half-past five until Wednesday next
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