rowid,date,page,column,title,description,source,page_url,trove_id
19589,1908-07-04,2,c-d,,"Beijing news. Chinese central government required to set up provincial parliament which should comprise local gentry. Prince Gong comments on the effort to ban opium smoking and the addict of some government officials. Dispute between Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai and Zai Ze over the monetary unit. France offers loans to the building of railway from Vietnam to Yunnan province and from Yunnan to Sichuan. Petition from gentry of Zhili and Jiangsu province for the establishment of parliament. Naval commanders recommended such as Yin Chang, Sa Zhenbing, Wang Shizhen, Tan Xueheng and Li Zhun. Returned students from overseas can not write Chinese article well in the imperial examination. Army headquarters in Beijing urgently needs maps for military drills. Chinese government to send students to learn shorthand writing overseas. Imperial court in preparation to meet Dalai Lama in Beijing.",China,http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/26801792,26801792