EASTERN NEWS.
i Thursday Island, Dec. 17. r Eastern news by the B.J. Company's steamer states that by a fire at Tien-Tein, i a port of China, forty houses were destroyed. Five fires occurred in HongKong in one day, Great damage to property resulted, but no loss of life is reported, Heavy floods were caused by the jYellow River overflowing its banks, and great rnisery resulted. Government •are supplying provisions to over 100,000 (people who have been deprived of their homes.' The loss of life is estimated at |a million, and the greatest distress prevails. ■ " , ! Cholera is raging at Honoa, but in 'tbe Philippine Islands it is dying out. At Manilla 360 deaths occurred out of bOO cases reported in fivs weeks,
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1831, 20 December 1888, Page 1
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122EASTERN NEWS. Temuka Leader, Issue 1831, 20 December 1888, Page 1
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