Tt is report-d tht Director-G -neral Sheng of the Sung-Wu Railway has, under advice, order te extension of the Woosung ent of the line from Weéngts'uo Greek to the ben in ths vicinity of th North forb of the port of Woosung. La tis connection My. Chuang, the Assistant Manager of the Sung-Wu Riinway, i" company with other olliciais of the line, wen the oh r day to exam ne the distance between the two points, work on the mud-hel of which, it is reported, is soon to be begun. Owing to the dis appearance of some of the boundary marks of the Railway between Voosung and the Singha terminus, the attics "f the Tine hive hai cons ruered 180 granite boundary stones, be: name of the Raibvay, citer side of rhe Compan: in the followi stows to be erected between bend and Changhua creek station; sixty from that station to Chiangwan; and sixty boundary stones b-tween Chiangwan and the Shanghai terminus, 3uth Augu The O-sequins of the Late Mr.
Worg Che-ching.
The remains of the Into well Known philanthropist and prominent silk merchant, Wong Eve-ching (Huang [-o-ch'i of Huchou, Chekiang, and this port, who died' in July last while on his way from Soochow to be conveyed from his late residence, No. 1019, North Chekiang Road, this forenoon at'10.15 o'clock to the boat which is to carry the deceased gentleman to his ancestral home in Hu-Chow, The funeral procession, on leaving the house, will proceed eastwards along the Soochow Creek to the foot of the North Shansi Road Bridge, then crossing the Creek at that. point march straight far as Tientsin Road and then turn to the right, proceeding as far as Fukien Road, which crosses the former. Turning down (the right-hand side) Fukien Road the procession will proceed as far as Ningpo Road, then turn southwards through Chekiang Road, cross the Maloo into Hupeh Road until the corner of Foochow Road is reached. It will then proceed towards the direction of the Bund (eastwards) as far as the corner of Honan Road (Central Police Station), turn to the left, enter Hankow Road, and turning into Shantung Road enter the Nanking Road and proceed in the direetion of the Race Course as far as Kueichou Road. Turning into this Road the procession will pass by the Louza Police Station as far as Peking Road then turn into this Road (left) and proceed towards Sinza, crass the Defence Creek bridge into Sinza Road and halt at the Ta Wang ing temple) jetty, where is to carry the coffin and the sons and family of the deceased gentleman to Huchou. The late Mr. Wong Che-ching had the rank of a Taotai and the decoration of the brevet 2nd grade (red button) with peacock's feather. Owing to his philanthropy and generosity in assisting the poor the Emperor was pleased to bestow a tablet upon Mr. Wong ewlogising his philanthropy, bearing the characters Loshan Hao-shih," ie, Happy whenever doing good and fond' of succouring the distressed. The late philanthropist died at the age of 61, having been born in 1838, and his death is a loss to the nati community here. He leaves six sons (one of whom has been adopted by his brother) and five grandsons.
The Betrothal of the Emperor's Brother.
A Peking dispatch reports that Prince Chun, younger brother of the Emperor, was betrothed to a daughter of the Grand Secretary Yung Lu, on the 21st instant, and that the great' number of people of all ranks who appeared at the residence of the prospective father-in-law of an Imperial Prince to congratulate him, as well as the numerous and expensive betrothal presents were unprecedented in the history of even such a wealthy city as the capital of the Chinese Empire.
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