rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id 15484,1906-03-24,2,a-b,,Letter from Guangzhou Commercial Association (guang ren shan tang) to the Chinese fellows in Australia for floating shares of the railway from Hankou to Guangzhou. Letter from Guangdong and Guangxi business associations to the Chinese fellows in Australia calls for help to build the railway from Hankou to Guangzhou.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800933,26800933 15485,1906-03-24,2,b,,A public notice to raise capital by floating shares for the railway building from Hankou to Guangzhou.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800933,26800933 15486,1906-03-24,2,b-d,,"A railway to be built from Xizhimen to the Summer Palace in Beijing. Maid to be selected for the imperial court. Ministers in Beijing called to the court for a discussion on political reform, tax cuts, and change of civil service system. China to send more officials overseas for investigation on political reform. Imperial court in Beijing reads newspapers everyday. Zhang Baixi might be promoted into the Cabinet. Prince Qing seeks to resign due to his age. New security arrangements for the imperial court. Yunnan students in Japan are fighting for ownership of railway in that province. Report on the three Chinese officials in Tokyo for an investigation of political reform.",China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800933,26800933 15487,1906-03-24,2-3,d-a,,"Guangzhou gentry and businessmen gather to raise capital by floating shares for the railway from Hankou to Guangzhou, and resolutions passed at the meeting. Governor Qin Chunxuan recommends to release Guangzhou gentry Li Guolian, who is under custody for dispute with government authority. Li Guolian is released and welcomed by other gentry and businessmen in Guangzhou. School teacher Zhou Zhiduo and a student in Gaoyao county were kidnapped and ransom paid.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800933,26800933 15488,1906-03-24,3,a,,"Germany is seeking to employ 2,000 Chinese labourers to build a railway in east Africa. And comments by Tung Wah Times.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15489,1906-03-24,3,a,,A conference in Germany seeks to promote cooperation between Germany and Britain.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15490,1906-03-24,3,a-b,,Empress Dowager donates to help refugees in the famine area of northern Japan.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15491,1906-03-24,3,b,,"Tsar of Russia sends envoy to visit Japan, and so does the Emperor of Japan.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15492,1906-03-24,3,b,,French governor in Saigon is to abolish all discriminative laws against Chinese immigrants and residents.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15493,1906-03-24,3,b,,Manchuria will probably see some unrest.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15494,1906-03-24,3,b,,Prince of Britain returns home after visiting Japan.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15495,1906-03-24,3,b,,Japanese government is to purchase and control all railways.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15496,1906-03-24,3,b,,A census in Germany on 1 December 1905 and the population statistics.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15497,1906-03-24,3,b,,Tens of thousands of coal miners in France are on strike.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15498,1906-03-24,3,b,,Hundreds of soldiers are punished in the Russian army.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15499,1906-03-24,3,b,,"Italy has more emigrants than any other European countries. Length of railway around the world and statistics in major countries. Price of a journalist and the salary of George Morrison, Beijing reporter for The Times.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800932,26800932 15500,1906-03-24,5,a-b,,"Travel diary of the three Chinese officials, Zai Ze, Li Shengduo and Shang Qiheng, who are on an overseas tour, investigating other systems of government to determine the best means of political reform. Their report to Empress Dowager in Beijing.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800937,26800937 15501,1906-03-24,5,b,,Chinese communities in Sydney purchase shares of the Hankou-Guangzhou railway. Names listed.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800937,26800937 15502,1906-03-24,5,b,,Two pieces of doggerel portray the image of male and female Chinese students overseas.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800937,26800937 15503,1906-03-24,6,a,,A reply from the Eastern Times of Shanghai to Chinese communities in Australia regarding the protest against American immigration policy that bans Chinese entry.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15504,1906-03-24,6,b,,"Chinese Empire Reform Association in Sydney has a farewell party for Chen Xia, Cai Xing and Guo Man, all returning to China. The association also thanks Mr Wales, a journalist of Sydney Daily Telegraph who supports Chinese communities.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15505,1906-03-24,6,a-b,,The State government of Victoria sends two envoys on a business investigation in east Asia.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15506,1906-03-24,6,b,,Business representative of New South Wales in Hong Kong reports that American flour are sold in China with Australian brand.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15507,1906-03-24,6,b,,It is said that a Melbourne Chinese sells his three daughters to China as slaves.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15508,1906-03-24,6,b,,China's silk export has a long history.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15509,1906-03-24,6,b,,"Poems by Tan Sitong, who was executed by the Chinese government.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15510,1906-03-24,6,b,,"Farewell words from Cai Xing, a Sydney Chinese businessman who is returning to China.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15511,1906-03-24,6,b,,Tung Wah Times thanks readers who have paid their subscription fee. Names listed.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934 15512,1906-03-24,6,b,,Timetable of ocean liners.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800934,26800934