BIiOO.DS.VIN"' GHIMj ', T'WE'S'TT1; VILL "A:GES *'„f* 1 . SWEPT AWAY. ■. ,-..?■-''. LOSS OF 10,000 LIVES. PROPOSED REBUILDING OF TOKIO.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 305, 6 October 1888, Page 3

BIiOO.DS.VIN"' GHIMj ', T'W E'S'TT 1 ; VIL L "A : G ES *'„f* 1 . SWEPT AWAY. ■. ,-..?■-''. LOSS OF 10,000 LIVES.

PROPOSED REBUILDING OF TOKIO.

Thursday Island, October 3. , \ A steamer which arrived to-day brings,/, Chinese news to the 16th September, v The exclusion of the Chinese from Australia is still the topic of interest. The native leading papers have again and again indignantly protested against the action of the Australian Governments, and a strong native party is making the most of the opportunity to poison the minds of the natives against all foreigners. Severe floods) equalling those' of the years 1886-7, have devastated several districts, and great misery prevails. The rivers Yant-se-Kiang and Pechon broke through their embankments and flooded a large extent of country. Another f earful 'catastrophe occurred on August 13th in Fuhkeim province, when seven and a-half inches of rain fell between the night and morning, and an immense body of water came suddenly from the hills and swept away about twenty villages. It is estimated that 10,000 lives were lost in the floods. Several high officials have been degraded for negligence and dilatoriness in repairing the breaches made by the floods in the Yellow Eiver some time ago.

A scheme for rebuilding the city of Tokio (Yeddo), the capital of Japan and residence of the Eniperor, and making it a new city, emblematic of modern progress, has been officially sanctioned.