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Wednesday, 30 December 1903

  1. The North-China HeraldAccidents to Steam LaunchesChinkiang has not yet been struck with the move of the West, and exciting news is a rare thing. It was reported that a steam launch was capsized near Tsingkiangp'u, and many lives were lost. The engines of one of the lau…
  2. The North-China HeraldVolunteer Field OperationsThere were some minor field operations yesterday afternoon, the Artillery and "A" Company alone being engazed. The former fell atthe gun-shed and proceeded by way of Bubbling Well Road to Brenan Road, where they struck a…
  3. The North-China HeraldThe Petitions to the ThroneThe petitions recently presented to the Throne by the Anti-Russian union and the Junior Anti-Russian Union have been returned through the Chief Secretary of the Imperial Records. It is reported that th Unions' will dedic…
  4. The North-China HeraldThe Bubbling Well Road BurglarThe Bubbling Well Koad burglar has finished his life sentence with unusual celerity. On Christmas evening, about. eight o'clock, hi cell door was opened in order to give him his food. The cell which he' occupied was at t…
  5. The North-China HeraldWaiting for an Answer28th December. THosE whose memory carries them back forty-two years, to the time when England had sent a demand to} the United States for the rendition of the two Confederate delegates whom Commodore Wilkes had forcibly …
  6. The North-China HeraldThe Guildhall CeremonyThe presentation of an address to their Majesties at the Guildhall was of course exactly on similar lines to the many celebrations of the. kind which have taken place in that historic building; and it inly vied with the …
  7. The North-China HeraldA Persistent RumourIt is rumoured on the street that the leave Peking for Hsiavfu. The Russians' Emperor is making every preparation to are to besiege the city when he leaves, and the Germans are to get their portion of the spoils by occup…
  8. The North-China HeraldPreparing for EmergenciesA Navking dispatch states that on the night of the 27th instant Viceroy Wei Kuang-tao received a secret telegram from Peking informing H. E. that the relations between Japan and Russia were strained to the point of break…
  9. The North-China HeraldA Sad Young LifeWhen a young couple discover that life passed in each other's company is insupportable and separation or mayhap divorce is the only solution of their difficulties one always pities the children, if there chance to be any…
  10. The North-China HeraldThe Shanghai Public SchoolPrize Distribution and Entertainment. How large place the Public School fill sin the life of the Settlement was evident from the crowded state of thy Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday afternoon when the Christmas entertainment…
  11. The North-China HeraldOur Hosts Christmas BreakfastTwelve of us sat down. There was little change im our host this gladsome xnniversny morn. Que or tio threads of grey were added to crown and chin, one or two more lines t the crow-footed eye. But his voice was "s hearty …
  12. The North-China HeraldNotes on Native Affairs30th December. Tu view of her coming conflict with Jay Russia, evidently alive to the trouble China could cause her should the Intter lola Japan ing to oust the invader om Mauchuria. and Corea, has, according to late dis…
  13. The North-China HeraldAn Official DegradedThe mandarin Chao of Saning (one of the two hsiens of this city) has been degraded by erder from Peking on the ground of mismanagement of his office, and never to hold such position again; but the. reason given locally f…
  14. The North-China HeraldAn Unsatisfactory ReplyI have already pointed out in my previous letter that Russia's reply was not deemed _satisinctory by Japanese statesmen, In this cent-xt an English paper in Yokvhama points out that this implies a very serious position t…
  15. The North-China HeraldChinese Students for BelgiumA Wuchang dispatch states that through the exertions of the Belgian Consul at Hankow, H.E. Tuan Fang, Governor of Hupeh and Acting Viceroy of the Hukuxng provinces, has decided to send to Brussels about thirty young men,…
  16. The North-China HeraldA Main DifficultyA leading London journal's Berlin cor ident recently alleged that the Czar stated to the Kaiser at their recent Wiesbaden tete-d-tete: "I shall not declare war against Japan under any circumstances, Out should Japan want…
  17. The North-China HeraldNews from Europe"Berlin, 22nd December. President Loubet has sent "his personal congratulations to H. M. the Kaiser on his full recovery. mas in Potsdam. M. the astor will celebrate Christ-The political situation in the Far East is appa…
  18. The North-China HeraldThe Cemetery Question'A' public meeting, convened by a largo number of the residents of Chefoo was well attended on Wednesday last the 16th at the Beach Hotel. Mr:: Lyman, who was voted to the chair, opened the meeting by calling upon Mr. "H…
  19. The North-China HeraldA Forward PolicyI have good reas.n to believe that the joint gathering yesterday of the veterans und Cubinet discussed strong represen' tions to be presentd "gain to Russi. They are determined to stick to the forward policy and not to b…
  20. The North-China HeraldReadings for the Period(Thermometers in the open ainu a shaded situation in the English Settlement.) 1903. Bahr: Thérmometer: Rainfall Min. inthe We are officially informed that Mr. W. R. Kahler has been elected Chief Engineer of the Fire Depa…
  21. The North-China HeraldBefure Sir H. S. WritsTue Owsers or tue Brrrisit sre astsutte Entrness oF Ipra. P. White-Cooper appeared fis and Mz. W. ALE. Platt His Lordship gave judgment in thi Tease. The reading of the finding occupied shree-quarters of an hour, and we …
  22. The North-China HeraldThe Alleged Silk Frauds in YokohamaThe following, extracted from the "Jay Times" of the 24th inst., is the official translation of the judgment of the Yokohama District Court in this important case Alfred Lo Provost, British subject, aged 39 years, Silk M…
  23. The North-China HeraldA Sad MistakeYesterday we received the cad news tha Mr. John Smith of the O.1.M. bad died Kiihtsingfa. He was one of the oldes missionaries in the province, having lahore. for many years at 1 After a lenuthened furlough in Englund, h…
  24. The North-China HeraldA Lecture on Chopinand: Social Guild on the 16th inst. when' member of te Unio Each Mr. J. J. Manfield was read the masiel tweeld, Bir Manila sad that, Speaking of th Chopi ies it is reserved for the future to give him. his Grateful the So…
  25. The North-China HeraldNews from EuropeBerlin, 28th December. Britich statesmen maintain—in The Admiralty has ordered all tion t" th it—their conviction Res to notify the ad-hata peaceful solution of the Resso-Japan-dresses from which they can be sum- Se ques…
  26. Letter to the Editor · North-China HeraldA Friendly GrumbleTo the Editor of the "Noxtn-Catva Dany News." Srr,—Will you allow me to draw attention to the general fashion" of addressing circulars, booklets, and other literature to Missionary bodies in China from old lists, ete. On…

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