CHINESE FLOODS.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DROWNED. THE HARVEST DESTROYED. /; United Peess Association. Copyeight ’ SYDNEY, July 22. " Eastern news records the heaviest floods for 30 years in the. valleys of South China. Thousands of people have been drowned and many more thousands are homeless and. starving. Hundreds are pillaging the country. It is feared that many will join the .regular brigands. ' The Government and public aro contributing large sums for relief. Commerce in South China has received a great check. The harvest has been destroyed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2250, 23 July 1908, Page 3
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84CHINESE FLOODS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2250, 23 July 1908, Page 3
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