FLOODS IN CHINA.
TIEHTSIN IN DANGER. BEFtrSAI, TO CUT BTKE. (Received 2.30 p.m.) PEKING, July 21. . He menace to the City of Tientsin «»« returned the ffood waters fifteen Jiilee from Tientsin registering twentymo feet. The danger is aggravated by (k refusal of the Chinese authorities to ™t the dyke mentioned on July 15.— ' l*-»nd N.Z. Cable.) Eiperts said that by cutting the dyke, »tah would release the water and flood « Urge number of small villages (prerenably driving out or drowning the atobitants) the city might be saved. It «PlWre dear that the authorities do not , WteaA to drown one lot of people » *ye another.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 172, 22 July 1924, Page 7
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104FLOODS IN CHINA. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 172, 22 July 1924, Page 7
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