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Friday, 29 December 1905

  1. The North-China HeraldOme Emotions and a MoralWe wore sitting over the fire, last night, Jim O'Neill and I discussing the riot; coming home to dinner we bad passed down the Kiukiang Road and seen the Tactai's bodyguard of Hunan braves squatting on the pavement outsi…
  2. The North-China HeraldOre Tonnage and ValuesFor the reasons given above it is impossible to go into this qu proper degree of exactitude. The following figures I think will prove to be a very conservative estimate. Above 200" lev: Dam; Broken in Stopes No. 1 Ve Eve…
  3. The North-China HeraldNotes on Native Affairs28th December. "The Mixed Court. 4 A telegram has been received from Peking to the effect that on the 26th inst., a number of natives of this province of Kiangsu, who hold official posts in the Metropolis, gathered in th…
  4. The North-China HeraldA Futai v. a TaotaiIn 1842 it was "the day of small things." Then the rank of the Consul was made equal to that of Taotai. Times have changed. For years the Con-have been corresponding with the highest provincial officials, but since the B…
  5. The North-China HeraldActivity at HeadquartersThroughout the week Sergeant-Major Studd and the Orderly Room staff have boon ceaselessly at work. The telephone have been alone sufficient to keep the staff busy night and day. On Friday there was a lull, but still the …
  6. The North-China HeraldThe Opening of the DietTokio, 28th December. The Emperor personally opened the Diet this can In the Speech from the Throne, His Mujesty expressed satisfaction at the honourable termination of the hostilities and the revision of the Alliance wi…
  7. The North-China HeraldShanghai Under ArmsWo learn that telegram received on Friday from Peking intimates that the Waiwupu has strongly denounced Yuan Taotai to the Throne. The Japanese cruiser Tsushima came up to the French Bund on Friday and her bluejackets we…
  8. The North-China HeraldThe Hongkew TragedyThe rom in which Capt. Holger shot Mrs. Hectwig was his own room, the door of which he must have locked after his the inmates of the house were aroused it was found that not only was the bedroom door locked, but the entr…
  9. The North-China HeraldAn Unfortunate StepOne Lung-meng here has petitioned the Chief Commissioner of the city police to tax the brothels of the city. He has offered to farm the matter and will pay a lump sum of more than a hundred thousand dollars for the right…
  10. The North-China HeraldDouble Tragedy in HongkewA sensation was created in Hongkew on Wednesday evening when the report was spread that a European had murdered. a lady and then committed suicide. For some time the report could not be verified, the police stating they …
  11. The North-China HeraldCreeks and RiverBundings—Work on the now hardwood bunding in Yangtsepoo Creek north of the Bridge is progressing favourably. Seven hundred foot of now stone slope along the Bund foreshore, and two hundred foot of now concrete bunding al…
  12. The North-China HeraldThe re-opening of the Mixed Court-on Saturday morning, after the long intermission, attracted largo crowds of "Chinese and a good many foreigners to the Chekiang Road tribunal. All through the disturbances of the preceding week the neighbourhood of the …
  13. The North-China HeraldThe Customs Gazette905. THE Customs Returns for the third quarter of the year so nearly drawing to close show again an improvement over last year, which was itself a record; and if the Chinese would throw off the jealousy that they have la…
  14. The North-China HeraldMob Rule in NingpoOwing to the intention of shops dealing in fresh fruit and vegetables and salted goods in Ningpo, commencing on the 26th instant, to pay for purchases in dollars instead of in copper cash, as hither to, thereby causing m…
  15. The North-China HeraldNews from EuropeBerlin, 27th December. The holidays have passed quietly. in Russis, The publication of an election law, which gives the right to take part i the electric i has had a favourable effect. revolution has been supp troops. Th…
  16. The North-China HeraldMunicipal Buildings and Propertic The Potting Shed in the ReserveGardens is now roofed in and painting and external plastering are being prooveded with. Throo transformer houses and two Jatrines have been completed. The concrete foundations for the Avenue Road Villas are finished, The…

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