CHINA NEWS.
DEVASTATING FLOODS. Sydney, Jply 22. The mail from Asia brings tlje following news:— The heaviest Hoods for thirty years have occurred in tho valleys "in the south of Chiua.
Thousands are lioinclesa and starving. Hundreds arc pillaging the country. It is feared that many of these will ji'iu the regular bands of brigands. The Government and the public arc contributing large sums foi the relief of the sufferers.
Commerce in South China has received a severe check. The harvest has been destroyed. Details of the murder of the Austra-" Man prospectors Fearby and Sutherland at Trninun Bhow that it was the work of brigands, and that the motive was to steal the victims' uionoy and urnis.
CABLE NEWS (B» Cable.—Press Association,—Copy i. right.).
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 182, 23 July 1908, Page 2
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125CHINA NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 182, 23 July 1908, Page 2
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