CHINESE OPIUM CURSE.
Reform fey Degrees. PEKISr, March 23, The announcement has been made in Pekin that Great Britain >"« agreed to an experimental decrease in the importajtion -of opium for a period of three years, to see whether the cultivation of the (poppy Sn China and the number of opium-smokers ■will be lessened, in •which case the importation will be decreased annually. ■ .. . A decree issued in Pekdn orders further measures to deal -with the eviL
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 72, 24 March 1908, Page 5
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75CHINESE OPIUM CURSE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 72, 24 March 1908, Page 5
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