WINE RIOTS IN CHINA.
THE MOB CAUSES DESTRUCTION
[By Electric Telegraph-Copyright
(Pun Press Association.) Peking, May 9. ' A riot lasting ten hours has taken ;place.at'Hangchow owing to the high price of. wlnei . Twenty shops and several mandarins' houses were' destroyed. The mob attempted to rescue those arrested. The Court buildings and police stations were wrecked. The military restored order.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10763, 10 May 1911, Page 4
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59WINE RIOTS IN CHINA. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10763, 10 May 1911, Page 4
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