rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id
17443,1907-05-18,2,a-c,,"Chinese businessmen in Sydney write to Wang Daxie, China's ambassador to London, and suggests promoting marine transportation in order to protect Chinese business. The appendix includes statistics of imports and export of the six Australian states in 1904.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801332,26801332
17444,1907-05-18,2,c-d,,Railway dispute. Deputy supervisor of the railway project from Hankou to Guangzhou elected illegally. Report on the company meeting on January 17 and February 20 and their resolutions. Beijing authority sends Wu Tingfang to inspect the railway project from Hankou to Guangzhou.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801332,26801332
17445,1907-05-18,2-3,d-b,,"China news. Report on a cabinet meeting and its resolutions. Chinese government seeks financial assistance from overseas Chinese in order to redeem the railway from Beijing to Hankou. Yuan Shikai suggests to redeem from Japan the railway from Xinmintun to Fengtian in Manchuria. Russia seeks to sell the Dongqing railway to China but  is declined due to the high price. Imperial scholar Zhao Qilin suggests to delay the reform of local civil service system in order to deal with natural disasters. Proposal to confer imperial title to Kong Lingyi, descendant of Confucius. Power struggle between Qu Hongji, Tie Liang and Yuan Shikai. Chinese government to borrow foreign loans. Eight students sent to study engineer in the West. The ministry of communications to be dissolved. Supervisors have been appointed for the railway project from Chengdu to Hankou. A Briton is sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for smuggling gunpowder. Chinese government sends imperial relatives to learn navy in Britain and Germany. Chinese cabinet might be reshuffled and report on the proposal. Appointment of Xu Shichang and other important officials.",China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801332,26801332
17446,1907-05-18,3,b-c,,"Guangdong news/ Former governor Qin Chunxuan sends telegram to Zhou Fu in regards to prison reform in Nanhai county. French ambassador requests that the mining projects in Gaoyao, Leizhou and Lianzhou should employ French engineer. A foreign consul in Guangzhou suggests to Governor Zhou Fu to set up court for joint hearing of Sino-foreign disputes. Zhou Fu recommends Wu Tingfang to supervise the railway project from Kowloon to Guangzhou. Recent changes of county magistrates in Guangdong including Shunde, Zengcheng, Yingde, Haikang, Haifeng, and Xin'an counties. Suggestion to set up hospital to ban opium smoking. Rumours in Guangdong say imperial examination to be back and modern school will be closed. Xu Gui, a native of Xiangshan county, applies for bail but refused by Nanhai prison authority. Mobs in Xiangshan county smash a school. A arsenal factory in Guangzhou explodes.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17447,1907-05-18,3,c,,Thirty-three rebels in Korea are arrested for attempting to assassinate five ministers who signed the protectorate treaty with Japan.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17448,1907-05-18,3,c,,Danish government bars Russian revolutionaries to have a meeting in Copenhagen. The revolutionaries are on their way to London.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17449,1907-05-18,3,c,,Japan and France sign a treaty on their interest in the Far East including Thailand. Germany worries about the report.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17450,1907-05-18,3,c,,Japanese envoy arrives in London.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17451,1907-05-18,3,c,,British secretary of internal affairs and New Zealand governor have different opinions on the immigration policy of British colonies.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17452,1907-05-18,3,c,,"A big passenger liner launched in Liverpool, Britain, is now on the way to New York with 3000 passengers.",Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17453,1907-05-18,3,d,,Queen of Spain gives birth to a son and celebration in Spain.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17454,1907-05-18,3,d,,King Edward VII of Britain meets wives of colony governors in Buckingham Palace.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17455,1907-05-18,3,d,,Trade between China and Britain in the past few years.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17456,1907-05-18,3,d,,Population in Egypt.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17457,1907-05-18,3,d,,Tsar of Russia at the end of his dictatorship. More than 80 rebellions are arrested for trying to assassinate the Tsar.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17458,1907-05-18,3,d,,Japan and France sign a treaty to protect their interest in the Far East which makes Germany disappointed.,Australia,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17459,1907-05-18,3,d,,Tokyo international fair is opened and report on exhibition about China.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17460,1907-05-18,3,d,,Special report on the railway project. Meeting of shareholders to be held to elect supervisors.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17461,1907-05-18,3,d,,"Survey. Number of Chinese in various countries: Thailand, Taiwan, Malay peninsula, Java islands, Hong Kong, America, Vietnam, Burma, Philippine islands, Macao, Asian part of Russia, Australasia, Japan, Korea, and Africa.",Japan,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801331,26801331
17462,1907-05-18,6,a-b,,Report submitted by Imperial Commissioner and Governor of Jiangsu province on the revolutionary activities in their province and response of the provincial authorities.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801338,26801338
17463,1907-05-18,6,b,,Overseas Chinese student. Report on Chinese students in Tokyo and European countries and their activities.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801338,26801338
17464,1907-05-18,6,b-c,,Help our compatriots. Chinese community in Sydney donates to flooding victims in north Jiangsu province. Hundreds of names listed.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801338,26801338
17465,1907-05-18,7,a,,New statistics on population in the six Australian states.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17466,1907-05-18,7,a,,Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia rises in Melbourne.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17467,1907-05-18,7,a,,New South Wales government reduces taxation to encourage business activities.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17468,1907-05-18,7,a,,Eighteen Chinese gambling houses are raided in Melbourne but no arrest reported.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17469,1907-05-18,7,a,,Zhang Zhuoxiong (Cheong Chock Hong) sues a German steamship company for compensation for their failing to carry 105 Chinese from Hong Kong to Australia in 1900.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17470,1907-05-18,7,a,,Japanese government purchases 42 horses from Australia.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17471,1907-05-18,7,a,,Hundreds of Australian citizens are returning from South Africa.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17472,1907-05-18,7,b,,"China purchases rice from the state of Victoria, Australia, for disaster relief in north Jiangsu and Anhui province.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17473,1907-05-18,7,b,,Japanese newspaper publisher comes to visit Australia.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17474,1907-05-18,7,b,,"A fire in business centre of Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.",New Zealand,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17475,1907-05-18,7,b,,"A letter from Huang Houcheng, Chinese consul in London, to the Tung Wah Times and Chinese communities in Australia.",Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17476,1907-05-18,7,b,,Essay. Skills will win you promotion in the officialdom.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17477,1907-05-18,7,b,,Fiction. Student Knife.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17478,1907-05-18,7,c,,Tung Wah Times thanks readers who have paid their subscription fee. Names listed.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17479,1907-05-18,7,c,,Timetable of ocean liners.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17480,1907-05-18,7,c,,Mail from China awaits collection. ,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801333,26801333
17481,1907-05-18,8,a-b,,First part of foreword to the Academic Bulletin (xue bao) that to be published in Shanghai.,China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801336,26801336
17482,1907-05-18,8,b-c,,Essay. A tour to the Hankou railway station.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801336,26801336
17483,1907-05-18,8,c,,Jokes. Demand the payment of opium debt.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801336,26801336
17484,1907-05-18,8,c-d,,Miscellaneous notes. The height of European kings and Queens. A man in France is sentenced to 101 years' imprisonment. Women's world in Africa and feminism. Income of writers. The smallest  newspaper in the world.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801336,26801336