The Trouble in China.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 15, 5 July 1900, Page 3

The Tr ou ble in China.

TjOmdoit, July 2. Tha ;;<wal Erige'le of 9000 men, wit a i . Utlvg poaii'lei'd and two M-^'x. , Lad called from Porlsw.'j J» f. . : hnvi. Tii ■* hi-icish Consul air Chef do t^k^.-^h-i th'-j Chiueae troop 3 on tn^"io\ii niurl6LGd a German avn i vvL'lo proceeding to meet; k - -i c r j.^ Tauag L»i Yamsn. Ih^, a.tv'i"\ 'n-d'. do^croyed ail Lhe iU'a> lv t\c<- (-5 übr-oe. I'L* fit tier" ambassadors have ta:c:n in the British Legation

Hono Kon», July 1. Tbs Boxavn are attacking tha Fubo.ao runway m Manchuria.

July 3. The highest Chinese officials at Nankin believe that the Dowager , and Kmpot'or have fled westward, Pimca Tuan having proclaimed his son Emperor. Li Hung Chang, with t.iio Viceroys and General Jungln, telegraphing from Pekin on the 49 oh, stated that other foreign Ministers wore then alive, though it was doubtful whether they could residfc for another day. The Emperor and members of the Tsung-h-Yamen and himself were po^orlosa to halp them. The Yangtze forts at Worsting and Nankin are preparing to resist a ioi'Mpi t/tfck. Th> iOirf^.iars m Pekin include IQO c'l'oiuli of the Legations, ICO bii-vionnnes, 150 tourists and visitjLrs. Altogether about 700 are iiov \--n- x f guarded at the different '"b? '°-? 'man, British and French Lcy.ttop.i3 were alone undestroyed on ihs 25th. Supplies were short.

Melbourne, July 2. -li' Oiif.mbaiMain has wired >h >-.' 7 - the colonies for consenting f.if .'i il^i 1^ f'j-^atch of three cruisers to ('is'-r, 'Ji^ s,ffording a fresh iti-st;u,i:o y.i their readiness to coopcVutc vitb the Mother Country in th-s defciics of the lives of her subjeoU.

Sydney, 3n\y 3. Thb Wallacoo has sailed for •Cuini A proposal has been suggested to send a federated Naval Brigade to China, comprising 100 each from Ne-,7 South Wales and Victoria, and fifty erch fiom Queensland and South Australia.

During the six months just ended the total gold yield from Otago dredges returns has been 26,8740z "36dwt I6drs. Tfce average oi Qlredges ?2 v4