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Wholesale Poisoning. The three Tonquinese soldiers, who attempted to poison two hundred Europeans last month, have been sentenced to death at Saigon. Last month a rising occurred in the French province of Tonking, and native officers were court-martialled on a charge of inciting the Tonquinese to rise against the French. After the arrests 200 European soldiers showe 1 symptoms of poisoning. but all recovered. Unrest in India. The editor of the Calcutta newspaper “Marathi” has been sentenced to five years’ hal'd labour on a charge of sedition. Three Indians, accused of secreting bombs and explosives in Harrison-road. Calcutta, were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. The Judge said he believed them to be members of a secret assassination society', plotting revolution. Three, who were acquitted, will be tried in another ease at Alipur with 30 others.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 7, 12 August 1908, Page 7
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136ASIA. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 7, 12 August 1908, Page 7
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