NEWS FROM CHINA.
By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER ■ PRESS ASSOCIATION.) , , ; K . ' Thursday Island, October 3. The steamer which arrived to day brings Chinese news to the lfith September. The exclusion of Chinese from Australia is still a topic of interest. Thb leading native papers' have again and again indignantly protested against the action of the Australian Governments, and a strong native party is making the most of the opportunity to poison the minds of the natives against all foreigners. Severe floods, equalling those of the years 18S6 and 16(87, have devastated several districts, and great misery prevails. The rivers Yang-Kiang and Pechin broke through their embankments and flooded a large extent of country. Another fearful catastrophe occurred on August 13th in the Fuhkein province, when, 7 Jin of rain fell between night and morning, and an immense body of water came suddenly from the hills and swept away about twenty villages. It is estimated that 10,000 lives were lost in the floods. Several high officials have been degraded for negligence and dilatoriness in repairing the breaches! made by the floods in the Yellow,River sometime ago. A scheme for re-building the city of Tokio (Yeddo), the capital of Japan, the residence of the Emperor, and making it a new city emblamatie of modern progress has been officially sanctioned. -
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 866, 5 October 1888, Page 20
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