CHINA.
Several fires have occured at Shanghai, and much native property bas been destroyed. The rebels are again reported as in the neighborhood of that city, and to have taken Che Foo. The gold diggings give a moderate yield, and no great finds have been reported. The steamer Ajax sunk at her moorings in Shanghai, wliile repairing her screw. Great excitement has been caused at Hong Kong by a Chinese gunboat threatening to fire into a British river steamer, for not showing her flag. Strong representations have been made on the subject.
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Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 454, 10 December 1868, Page 3
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92CHINA. Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 454, 10 December 1868, Page 3
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