Anti-Chinese cover on Queensland Figaro and Punch, 1888


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THAT PEKIN EDICT

JOHN CHINAMAN. - All li', you kickee me now. You waitee foh tlee yeahs, my countleman come an' eatee you allee same lilly puppee bow-wow.

Some Chinese merchants in Auckland, N.Z., say that an edict has been promulgated at Pekin, ordering all Chinese in Australia to return to China within three years, by the end of which time the Chinese navy will have been increased and strengthened sufficiently to enable China to invade and conquer Australia.

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