rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id 20943,1909-04-24,2,c-d,,News in brief/ Garrisons of the eight-banners withdraw within a year. Prince Regent instructs on the opium ban and revision of marriage law. Sichuan and Tibetan governors want to build a railway connecting the two places. Liang Dunyan notifies foreign missions in Beijing regarding property ownership of foreign churches. Dutch colonist forces Chinese migrants to be naturalised and the response of Chinese government. Two Chinese naval vessels on the way to Nanyang to visit Chinese communities there. No foreign loans to be used in naval building. Department of foreign affairs comments on treaties signed with foreign government after 1900. China's negotiation with Japan over the Manchuria issue. The investigation on Yuan Shikai. Board of civil service sets up investigation offices. Prince regent to award industrial achievement. Chinese ambassador Lu Zhengxiang reports from his office in Hague. Bandits in Shandong province. German ambassador talks the Boxer Indemnity. Government schools provide free tuition and academician to the children of overseas Chinese. German ambassador in Beijing talks with Chinese department of foreign affairs on the possible alliance.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26802158,26802158 20948,1909-04-24,3,c-d,,The efforts to rejuvenate Chinese navy.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26802157,26802157 20970,1909-04-24,8,c-d,,Relations between Korea and Japan.,Tung Wah,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26802164,26802164