rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id 13953,1904-10-29,2,a-b,,Chinese soldiers are to cut their pigtails and change their uniform.,China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800555,26800555 13954,1904-10-29,2,b-d,,"Chinese government sends envoy Zhang Baixi to visit Japan and Russia. China to send envoy to lobby Western governments. Proposal to turn Mongolia into a province. Li Hongzhang's son Li Jingfang has been recommended for foreign affairs. Proposal to send envoy to investigate foreign political system. Communication between Chinese ambassador to Japan and Chinese department of foreign affairs. More imperial scholars are keen to study overseas. Suggestion to close the girl school in Hunan province. Solution to the missionary case in Lichuan, Hubei province. Authorities in Hunan province are trying to wipe out bandits. British businessmen are trying to secure the railway administration in Shanxi province. Discussion between China and Britain over the Weihaiwei issues. French consul in Shanghai is negotiating with Zhejiang governor over the inland navigation from Shanghai to Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. Hunan has new imperial commissioner. A publishing house was closed in Hunan province for printing Chen Tianhua's book. Technical education in Hunan. A new educational club set up in Hunan. Imperial commissioner of Yunnan province Lin Zanyu promotes modern education. Modern education in Liaoning province. Superstition and temple building in Yunnan province. ",China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800555,26800555 13955,1904-10-29,2,d,,"Guangdong's financial problems. Japan wants to control Hainan island. French and British companies try to get mineral resources in Zhaoqing. Governor Qin Chunxuan reports bandit affairs in Guangdong. Report on a parade of army school students. A women's book club set up in Guangzhou. Girl school welcomes Chen Jiefen. Sixty more Guangdong students on the way to study in Japan. Gentry in Xinhui county help schools. Governor presides over opening ceremony of a school in Guilin, Guangxi province. A robbery in Xiangshan county.",China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800555,26800555