GENERAL NEWS.
A BUBIBD _?OJE-EST. A curious Bource of wealth is reported by the French Consul at Mongtze, in upper Tonkin. It lies in wood mines. The wood originally was a pine forest, which the earth swallowed in Eome cataclysm. Some of the trees are a yard in diameter. They lie in a slanting direction, and in sandy soils which cover them to a depth of about eight yards. As the top branches are well preserved, it is thought the geological convulsion which buried them cannot be of very great antiquity. Ths wood furnished by tnese.. timber mines is imperishable, and the Chinese gladly buy it for coffins.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5068, 29 September 1894, Page 6
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108GENERAL NEWS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5068, 29 September 1894, Page 6
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