The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-14
SYDNEY IS DANGEROUS
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nolulu and submit them TO the Board.
Minister Young thought this was a
very good idea and advised that the
matter be as expeditiously handled as
possible. He added that the sewerage
system would have to be finished in
November and that the pump would
be ready in May. He thought that the
regulations should compel people TO
connect their houses With the sewer
and that no delay should DE tolerated
G.. w. Smiths motion was here vot-
ed upon and carried.
The Plague in Sydney.
The following communication from
Theo. II. Davies & Co, Ltd, was read
by the Chair:
In accordance with the instructions
issued by you yesterday, the freight
brought from Sydney by the steamship
Miowera was carried on by that weasel
to Vancouver, and the perishable por-
ton will doubtless be a total loss to
the consignees here.
Ii 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
presumably the vicinity of Sydney, but
we do not know why the European
freight transhipped onto the Miowera
in Sydney was refused 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" may 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 in Earnest.
DIR. Wood spoke with much force and
feeling on this matter, giving his rea-
sons for not allowing the landing OF
freight from Australia. He said: The
vessels from the South bring no bills OF
health for this port. The captains
simply sign a certificate to the effect
that there have been no cases Of sick
ness aboard their ships for the last six
months. On the Miowera I could find
out nothing in regard to the plague In
Sydney, the number of cases when the
steamer left, their whereabouts, the
nearness Of the infected district to the
docks, whether there were any cases OF
plague in Sydney at all, where the
freight had come from, whether Ii had
lain on the wharves at sydney, or any
thing at all in the way of desired in
formation. a.rl
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. ..es .r.al--..
Sydney Is fifteen days from Homo
lulu; Hongkong Is eighteen5 there n Is
more plague In Sydney than there Is I'm
Hongkong. Our Consular gepresenta-
tive at Hongkong supplies Us with
full statement of the health conditions
in Hongkong; there Is alsJ 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 ves-
sells go right up against the docks, an
excellent opportunity for rats. in Hong
kong there are no docks to go UP
against"
he Pitch of the Argument.
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
Are We to spend millions of
dollars in stamping out the plague in
Honolulu and then permit il to enter
our city again from Sydney?" The doc
tor went on to say, after an effective
pause, II have since learned that the
Miowera's freight had been on the
wharves at Sydney. perhaps for a 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
The Rat CT tcher.
Rat Catcher Duval was made an
agent of the Board of Health at yester-
days meeting and the executive officer
to provide six traps for him
10 work with.
DR.. Wood announced that IL fifteen
lays passed since the last case of plague
without another case many of the ex-
Denses of the Board of Health could be
lone away with and that at the end OF
thirty days of immunity this would
be declared a clean port.
Ii was decided that the Interior De-
partment should be notified that all
plague bills subsequent to April 1st
would be approved by the Board of |
Health and not by the Finance Com |
nittee. The Board adjourned about |
lalf-past five until Wednesday next.
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