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[Received August 29, 1 45 p.m.] Operations of the French Fleet. Hono Kong, August 2S. Intelligence has been received that the French fleet has completely destroyed all the Chinese defences along the bank of the Mm liver up to Foo Chow.
Outbreak at Canton. Hong Ko> t r, August 28. A serious outbreak of popular feeling has occurred at Canton. A large mob proceeded to the French Consulate and merchants' offices, and forcibly expelled the Consul and his officials and merchants fiom the city. The populace also invaded the cathedral, but the edifice was eventually cleared by the troops. The various European Consuls at Canton have since induced the bishop and those attached to the Mission to leave the city.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1896, 30 August 1884, Page 2
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122THE LATEST. Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1896, 30 August 1884, Page 2
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