THE FAMINE IN CHINA.
A MILLION NjEEDING HELP. Powerful .endorsement of the appeal of' Mr. Hwang. Chinese Consul in New Zealand, for funds for the relief of the famine in the previne'es of Kiangpei and Anwkei., is made by the. “National Review of China.”- The periodical is illustrated with views of the district and tho starving people. « The letter are mostly agriculturists, hut very poor. Floods swept away the beggarly-rens-ra.nts of a. poor ' harvest following drought. Thousands die daily of- starvation. and the people, in order to save life, have sold their children until the market became overc eng rated. Every animal for miles around the villages has been eaten, including .dogs, .and ail the smaller .animals that can be caught. Alternate frosts, and rains add to the misery of the- starving. The cost of keeping, the people- a lire, a million of them needing help until -May; next, is ;ihput Id per head per day in English -money.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3169, 15 March 1911, Page 3
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159THE FAMINE IN CHINA. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3169, 15 March 1911, Page 3
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