rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id
15650,1906-05-12,2,a-b,,"A petition from the Chinese Empire Reform Association in St Louis to Zai Ze, the Chinese official who is touring the United States for an investigation of political reform.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800975,26800975
15651,1906-05-12,2,b-d,,"Preparation in Zhili province for the constitutional and political reform. Song Bolu has declined an appointment in the educational department of Beijing. All opium smokers in the government department will be listed and warned. Qin Chunxuan to be moved to Sichuan, Zhang Zhidong to Guangdong and Guangxi while Xi Liang will be governor of Hubei and Hunan. Governor of Sichuan province Xi Liang reports that a foreign missionary who murdered local resident is now on the run. Chinese magistrate is humiliated and punched by Japanese soldiers. China allowed to keep collecting forest tax in Manchuria. Wang Buying suggests to use citizenship tax, which is collected to pay indemnity, to refurbish Buddhist temple. Further report on the missionary case in Nanchang county, Jiangxi province. French missionary in Nanchang resists arrest with his pistol. No foreign engineer will be employed for the railway from Chengdu of Sichuan province, to Hankou in Hubei province. Proposal to remove official titles awarded to foreign missionaries. A public meeting of newspaper journalists in Beijing is suspected of revolutionary gathering and some detained. ",China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800975,26800975
15652,1906-05-12,2,d,,"Board of Commerce in Beijing responds to the disputes in Guangdong between government authority and local gentry over the railway building from Hankou to Guangzhou. Qualification training and assessment proposed for all school teachers but Wang Henian suggests to postpone the implementation. ""Sleepy magistrate"" of Xiangshan county, Zheng, is lazy in everything. Hong Kong businessman Mei Naizhen is kidnapped after returning to his home village in Xinning county. Timber were stolen on building site of the Hankou-Guangzhou railway. ",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800975,26800975
15653,1906-05-12,3,a,,Representatives from China and France achieve an agreement to solve the Nanchang missionary case. Comments by Tung Wah Times on the solutions.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15654,1906-05-12,3,a,,British treasurer reports to the House of Commons budget for 1906 and the debt of 1905.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15655,1906-05-12,3,a,,A police officer was killed in another explosion in Poland.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15656,1906-05-12,3,a,,Local people in Transvaal (South Africa) are seeking independence from Britain.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15657,1906-05-12,3,a,,Emperor of Japan reviews military parade in Tokyo.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15658,1906-05-12,3,a,,Russian prime minister has resigned.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15659,1906-05-12,3,a,,White businessmen in Transvaal discuss protecting employment of white men.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15660,1906-05-12,3,a,,San Francisco authority has decided to move Chinatown after the earthquake.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15661,1906-05-12,3,b,,Britain demands Turkey withdraw its troops within 10 days from Egyptian border.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15662,1906-05-12,3,b,,First part of the new American immigration law specifically for Chinese.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800974,26800974
15663,1906-05-12,5,a,,"Fifth and final part of the report on Chinese consul to Mexico Liang Xun who is keen to win promotion and get rich, his comments on Kang Youwei and others, and his relationship with local Chinese communities there.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800976,26800976
15664,1906-05-12,5,a-b,,"Chinese communities in Australia purchase, with enthusiasm, shares of the Hankou-Guangzhou railway. Names listed.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800976,26800976
15665,1906-05-12,5,b-c,,Third part of the novel about a concubine with a cruel fate.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800976,26800976
15666,1906-05-12,5,c,,"A call from Lin's clan in Xiangshan county, Guangdong, for donations to a clan/community school in their home town. Names of the Lin's family clan in Sydney listed. ",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800976,26800976
15667,1906-05-12,6,a,,Report on a fundraising for Sydney Hospital. Tung Wah Times also involved. Call for donations from Chinese communities.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979
15668,1906-05-12,6,a,,"Australian federal government bans opium importation from January 1, 1906. State of Victoria bans opium sale and smoking from May 1 while South Australia from July 1. Chinese community in Sydney asks New South Wales government ban opium sale as soon as possible. A Chinese shop in Rockhampton, Queensland, is penalised for stocking much opium. A Chinese man Zhu De, 63, dies after quit opium smoking.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979
15669,1906-05-12,6,a,,Senator Gille talks in Wellington in favour of Chinese immigrants. He is criticised by a Sydney newspaper. ,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979
15670,1906-05-12,6,a,,A trade unions conference in New Zealand suggests to collect heavy tax on arrival of Chinese immigrants. Is a 'White New Zealand' emerging?,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979
15671,1906-05-12,6,a,,Original countries of the 80 naturalised Australian citizens this year and the state where they were naturalised.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979
15672,1906-05-12,6,b,,Melbourne has a ceremony to welcome arrival of Japanese warship.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979
15673,1906-05-12,6,b,,Kitchen god likes snuff opium. A local official in east Guangdong is from Shandong province.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979
15674,1906-05-12,6,b,,Tung Wah Times thanks readers who have paid their subscription fee. Names listed.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979
15675,1906-05-12,6,b,,Timetable of ocean liners.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800979,26800979