TROUBLE IN CHINA.
THE " BOXERS " DECIDEDLY AGGRESSIVE. [FEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received 30, 9.10 am.) Hongkong, May 29. The Boxers are plundering within 29 miles of Pekin. Japan has land, d a force of bluejackets at 'he treaty port of Tientsin. Received 31,1.17 a.n!, HpsjiKOsc, May 30. The Boxers destroyed the railway workshops at Fenghai, eight miles from Pekin. A number of Belgian engineers engaged in the woiksbops are gurimded, The besieged, w* o n a hii}.
A party cf Frenchmen and Germans has gone to their rescue. The Powers have announced to the Chinese Government that parties of bluejackets from the warships will return to guard the various legations.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 31 May 1900, Page 3
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