LATEST EASTERN NEWS. EXCLUSION OF CHINESE FROM AUSTRALIA.
— — — — — * ( » - v' %'i i Tub steamer" Delcomyn arrived at ThurBif| day Island from Hongkong via Porb Par*jfJ win, and sailed for the South the sameC?! evening. The following extracts, iaof' selected from China papers to September^? 16th, brought by her :—: — , '*<f| The exclusion of Chinese from Australia^! is still the common topic of talk amongst** the natives. Great indignation is felt and.if? is still spreading amongst the Chinese- pn:| the matter. The newspapers " Sbenpapp'"*;l and " Chun Wan," which are largely readsrj protest strongly against the measure, andj.| a strong native party, who are opposed^ to foreigneis, are making the most of the op,-"^ portunity to poison the native mind against I *] them. " ,' \vV Very severe floods, equalling the floods of";, ISB6 and 1887, are reported in several dis- a ;' tricte, and great misery prevails. ' The, ; river Yung Tang has broken its banks, and'' 1 the embankment of the Picho has given/, way, flooding a large extent of country,. Oh. , J ' August 13th a fearful catastrophe occurred*/ neai IPangshan Seen, south-west of Pekin.;^ Seven and a-half inches of rain fell during " the night, and in the morning an immense ," volume of water suddenly came down from the hills and broke on about twenty villages, it is reported that more than " ten thousand persons have been drowned, ' besides vast numbers of stock. Several, " high officials in charge of the works ior re- - pairing breaches of the Great Yellow River banks have been degraded of their rank and sent on to the military post roods for negligence and dilatoriness in pushing on the works. At Yang Chow, where officials have been - praying for ram, a dense plague of locusts \ has appeared, covering the field 3 three * inches deep. The scheme for rebuilding Tokoi, Japan, into a new city emblematic of modem proposals, has received official sanction.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 309, 20 October 1888, Page 5
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310LATEST EASTERN NEWS. EXCLUSION OF CHINESE FROM AUSTRALIA. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 309, 20 October 1888, Page 5
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