rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id
15587,1906-04-21,2,c-d,,"Officials who were removed before might be reappointed as China needs talented people for political reform. Eunuch Li Lianying's application to retire has been approved. Wang Wenshao is still recovering from illness. China to send ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan. Army Training Bureau in Beijing and governors of Jiangsu and Hubei provinces are jointly to manufacture smokeless powder. Zhou Mian, former supervisor of mining resources in Heilongjiang province, will be severely punished for his collaboration with Russian. Number of Chinese students in Japan and their living allowance provided by Chinese government. Former governor of Fujian province Wei Guangtao will be appointed in charge of defence affairs in Xinjiang province. Employees in the Cabinet do not have much work to do. Shandong gentry and officials in Beijing are planning to build a railway from Dezhou to Jinan, capital of the province. British consul in Hangzhou Mr Smith declares that no missionary would be allowed to interfere with local affairs and judgment of local officials. (The declaration is made for a dispute over property ownership between Chinese Catholics and Chinese Christians in Chun'an county, Zhejiang province.)",China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26800957,26800957