CHINESE NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2590, 16 February 1889, Page 2

CHINESE NEWS.

<j, [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] Thursday Island, Ft'.brum-y M--A loax of half a million has been raised by the Chinese Government for a railway from Tientsin to Hang Chow. A thousand pirates are threatening Tonquiu, and fresh troubles are feared. It is stated that the Viceroy is ousting foreigners from Knitting. Russia has protested, and will fight to the bitter end. The province of Chefoo has suffered severely from floods. The inhabitants are in a frightful state of distress, over a million and a-hulf being on the verge of starvation. A snowstorm hi North China has also caused much distress. A severe and prolonged earthquake was felt at Yokohama on January 2. China will probably annex Oorca after the Emperor's marriane. depose the reigning family, and appoint the Marquis Tseng viceroy, Details are to h">d of the loss of the Pkyansket, which came into collision with the steamer Chowpya off Klang iSli:;i!s lighthouse, and sank innued ately. Two Europeans, thirty native passengers, and thirty of the crew were drowned. The British ship Angu wiis wrecked near Tanisui. The survivors were roughly handled by the natives. The Chinese transport Wuising was lost on January 12, and twenty people, mostly Chinese, were drowned.