A CHINESE COMMISSIONER.
INVERCARGILL, Tuesday. Among t'he passengers by th.9 s.s. Warrimoo, was tho Chinese Commissioner Hwang Hou Cheng', Who has como to iny^nire into tho condition of tho ChinGSo in the toloni«s. Consulates are to be .established to look after the interests of their countrymen. The Commissioner remarked ' to the '■'Southland Times" reporter that China 'was a natural market for many of the staple products of Australia and New Zealand. From : us ' China could take unlimited quantities lof timber, butter and meat. On being asked whether his object was to ' in'quiru .whether there was an outlet in the colonies for China's surplus *population, the Commissioner -said tho Question was not one that he could 'answer.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 5 December 1906, Page 4
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116A CHINESE COMMISSIONER. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 5 December 1906, Page 4
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