CHINESE QUESTION.
HONGKONG, February 0. At the request of Sir Robert Hurt, Director-General of the Chinese Imperial Customs, Mr Boyd Breton, Director of Customs at Tchefou, has been unpointed Deputy - Inspector General". Sir R. Hurt will act as chief authority to the Chinese Government on general offaiis. St. Petersburg, February 6. The Russian armoured cruiser Vladimir Monom »ch has sailed for China. London, February 7' The British cruiser Bcnaventura is being placed in commission for the China station. Reports from Shanghai state that a majority of the Viceroys and Provincial Governor of China have memorialised the Government against the acceptance of a Russian loan, stating that the progress of Russian influence mems the dismemberment of the Empire.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 245, 10 February 1898, Page 2
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