JAPAN BUYS MACAO.
Tim Portuguese press announces that Japan Ins purchased from Portugal the i.sland (if Macao. Macao is a Portuguese sotth mont on the smith coast of China, and on the west sde of the Canton River estuary, Hong-Kong being 40 miles distant, on th" o:>r>rsite side. A Kro.it part of the •iv-onue i- derived from lioen-od gaml>1' ■ ' 1m rs-s. The Portuguev obtained i >wm!>*ion *o sett'e in 1557, hut tho j Outvie exacted an anneal ground rent until 15.«6. Tlie anchorage is defooI tivr>; large vessels c:innot annroach I 1 r." the commerce of Macao l:?s suffered greatly.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 265, 5 April 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)
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100JAPAN BUYS MACAO. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 265, 5 April 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)
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