The Provincial Assembly has met and dispersed. It has not set the Thames on fire, like some of the others provinces in fact, it has been most submissive, RAILWAY AFFAIRS, All we know about the railway from here to Haichow is what we have secon in the papers. Any extension of the line, instead of terminating here, would be " great boon to the city snd province. The line west beyond Honanfa is being pushed on. I trast it will be possible travel part of the way to Topgehnan in the Spring. Accidents on the railway are 0 frequent, one cannot take reckon of them all, Some time ago there was smash up at Binglenghsien apd nine people were killed. These accidents are generally owing to mistakes in the points; passenger train being turned onto a siding, etc.
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