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Terrible Disaster. Additional cablegrams received last night from Eeuter report : — A typhoon, has occurred in Western China, which has destroyed 2000 houses and 100 churches. There has been much loss of life.
Suppression of Piracy. The Chinese Government is making vigorous efforts for the suppression of piracy in the Eastern seas. One gunboat has been destroyed, and 200 pirates taken prisoners.
Terrible Religious Sacrifice. A Reuters cablegram to hand last night reports :—lntelligence: — Intelligence has just been received that 200 girls have been butchered as a religious sacrifice at Ashantee.
Cetewayo has been permitted to visit England to lay his grievances before the Queen.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1465, 22 November 1881, Page 2
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106THE LATEST. Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1465, 22 November 1881, Page 2
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