TROUBLE IN CANTON.
FIRES AND LOOTING. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT "Received Oct. 21, 10.30 a.m. • PEKING, Oct. 20. Ihe nre at Canton was confined to portions of the western district and were extinguished within twenty-four hours. Less than a twentieth part of the city was burned or looted. Many of the native banks, porcelain- shops and pawn shops were destroyed, as well as a few homes. Practically no big companies were affected. A conservative estimate of the damage is ten million dollars.
Chen Chiuiig Ming troops are reported at Shektan in the Sheklund district. Artillery fire was heard in that direction and a detachment of 50 Indian Grenadiers were despatched from Hongkong to Shamin as a precautionary measure.—Reuter..
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 October 1924, Page 5
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117TROUBLE IN CANTON. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 October 1924, Page 5
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