FLOODS IN CHINA.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association -By Electrio Telegraph Copyright.
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS DROWNED.
HARVEST DESTROYED.
Received July 22, 10.36 a.m
SYDNEY, July 22,
Eastern news shows that the heaviest floods for thirty years recently occurred in the valleys in South China. Thousands of persons were drowned, and many more thousands rendered homeless and starving.
Hundreds are pillaging the country, and it is feared many will join the regular brigands The Government and the public are contributing large sums for relief purposes. Commerce in South China will receive a severe check.
The harvest has been destroyed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9149, 23 July 1908, Page 5
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98FLOODS IN CHINA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9149, 23 July 1908, Page 5
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