Victoria was the scene a few days ago of a picturesque bazaar arranged in aid of the Chinese Famine Fund. The place was filled witn all kinds of Chinese curios while a miniature temple occupied one engl of the room. Among the curios the oldest specimen was a carved iron bell, believed to be over 600 years old, which was taken from a Buddhist temple. The Chinese consul performed the ceremony of declaring the bazaar.open. Several hundreds of dollars were raised by the bazaar.
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