New Caledonia Plague
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Outbreak Checked
AN outbreak of bubonic plague, which was reported from country towns in New Caledonia in February, caused alarm. Very strict precautions were taken, not only in New Caledonia, but in ports in communication with the French Colony. Australia gave all possible assist ance by rushing supplies of anti-plague serum to New Caledonia by plane.
It was reported, in the middle of March, that the outbreak seems to have been definitely checked. There have been no new cases for some time, and no more deaths, beyond the five which were originally reported.
Rev. Thomas Parsonage, SM, sailed from Sydney recently for the Solomon Islands where he is engaged in mission ary work for the Marist Mission.
Mr. Arthur Powell, mate of one of the W. R. Carpenter and Co.’s inter-island vessels in New Guinea, died at sea at the end of February. He was 54 years of age and had been in WRC’s service for eight years. He was well known in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, his family having resided for many years at Butaritari.