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Thursday 30 January 1919, The Brisbane Courier

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.

RESENTMENT AGAINST VICTORIA’S LAXITY.

THE QUEENSLAND PASSENGERS AT TENTERFIELD.

Six fresh cases of pneumonic influenza were reported in Sydney yesterday, and the Government has decided to make the wearing of masks compulsory. At Tenterfield and also in Sydney Large numbers of Queensland passengers are stranded. In Brisbane there was considerable activity at the inoculation depots.

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