rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id
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
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