EASTERN NEWS
Thursday Island, S«pt. 25. Information has been received here by steamer that Moral, the agent of the Hong-Kong and Shanghai bank at Lyons, has overdrawn his account to the extent of 1,290,000 francs without giving the necessary, security. It is supposed that he has .been investing in the share market, and a heavy fall of stock compelled him to use the bank’s funds, .... I The Marquis Tseng, who has been ill for somelime, is;fast recovering, and is almost out of danger. Sept. 26. ■ The Norwegian barque Alert struck on an unknown reef in Gap Harbor, While the cargo was being removed she caught fire and sank. The crew are safe. ; ; Reports 'froth Lombak state that horrible barbarities sre being perpetrated on slaves. Men and women’are treated alik*, and done tbideath' by flogging and burning, and salt is rubbed ' into their wounds. China is about to build agigaatic telegraph line 1500 miles in length. At Ningpo a pontoon bridge was washed away, and thirty Chinese were drowned.
Fearful floods have taken ! place in Japan. The loss of life is reported to be 10,000.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1949, 28 September 1889, Page 1
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184EASTERN NEWS Temuka Leader, Issue 1949, 28 September 1889, Page 1
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