News by the steamer Tsinan at Port Darwin, states that owing to tho inability of the Chinese Government tn suppress pirates and haiitlils in the West. Hirer, permission lias be.-n granted to trio British Gmurmront to [■•''ice tho river. Tiva sloops, four destroyers, throe torpedo poats. aivl one ricur gunboat, wore .'lespatohed from Jvung on Decor..ber ID for tho purpos-. A nunilier of protects wero lodged by Clmteso toeic-cies at Canton and Shanghai, who fear that,policlni! weans practical aimo.catii it. b-.t thav W'jro disregarded at I'ekin. It is st-Ucd that the floods.which'followed the drought in South China wi'l causo another famuli. The rico wl.ioh wo;, just ready nut ivn.i sub.'iicrge'J ir !uud i.'nu water, and was sprouting again before the water subsided. . 1,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 4
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123Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 4
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