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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1902, 15 November 1886, Page 3

Tbs San Francisco Meil has arrived at Auckland.

The Chinese contemplate punishing .America, bnt will not resort to warlike operations. The Canton correspondent of the New Yo.k 1 Tribune ’ states that the feeling in Chins io regard to the outrages on Chinese in America is now very deep and widespread. Chine, a, resident foreigners, Americans, and Europeans agree that the refusal to make a just indemnity was a stain on the national hoi or of America. Tbe present attitude of the Government at Washington is doing sent us harm to American interests io China. The English and German residents (the latter r ..w being a considerable power) perceive a chase of obtaining a control of tbe foreign tin e, and they will not be slow to take advent .ge of it. The action of the United States v. ill largely determine what share Ame oa have in the improvements now imminen in China. Railways are to be bnilt, mines to be opened np, and American manufactures ,re to be left out in the esld unless some chevge is made in tbe treatment ol the Chinese in the States.

An nopreoedented frost visited the diutr its sooth of Napier last Friday morning, ud destroyed all the potato crop, beans, vi ss, and flowering shraba. Even docks vare killed. The mischief was done through a fiercely hot morning succeeding tbe frost. The steamer Doric sailed on Saturday afternoon from Wellington for London. She took afulloargoof wool, tallow, meat, Ao. Her meat chambers contain about 22 000 oarc.aes of frozen mutton.

The Greytowo cricketers bad a very enjoyable practice on Satur.l <y last, tides being eho-eo by Messrs Webster and Hawke, Hawke’s side being tbs victor by fourteen run*.