CHINESE FLOODS
NO TAX ON RELIEF MATERIALS
RIVER THREATENS HANKOW,
(UNITED NIE3S ASSOCIATION.—COPIRIOHT.) (REOTBR'S TKLEGPJUI.) PEKIN, 30th July. Cabinet has approved of a proposal to exempt irom taxation for a period of four months all articles of clothing, foodstuffs, and shelter materials intended for the relief of flood sufferers.
The level of the river at Hankow has reached 48ft. the highest point for 35 years. Continuous pumping of the drains has kept the Foreign Concession from flooding, but with a further rise a flood cannot be prevented.
Hankow is at the junction of the Han and Yang-tse rivers.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 27, 31 July 1924, Page 7
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98CHINESE FLOODS Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 27, 31 July 1924, Page 7
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