The " Universal Gazette" publishes a telegram received from Chefoo reporting the entrance of Japanese troops into Newchwang at 2 am. yesterday. Provious to this, says a dispatch received by another native paper, the patrolling of the Chinese quarters of Newchwang was done by a body of armed men engaged by the Chinese Protection Society of that city, an association composed of native merchants.
28th July. The Occupation of Newchwang.
The "Sinwenpao" states that the Japanese forces entered the port of Newchwang (Yinkou) on Monday, the 25th instant, at 5 p.m. and that' although the dragon flag was flying over the Chinese Imperial Maritime Custom House, when the Japanese arrived—it having been hoisted as soon as the Russians had abandoned the place—the Intter caused the Chinese flag to be taken down and superseded by the flag of the Rising Sun.
A Chihhsien in Trouble.
A Hangchow, capital of Chekiang province, dispatch states that the Chih. hsien, or district magistrate of Kuoian hsien, Huchou prefecture, in that province, has been denounced to the Throne jby certain Censors in Peking on the charge of currying for the favour of misies by coercing the inhabitants of Kueianbsien into selling ancestral land to the missionaries, much against the wishes of the former. Governor Nich of Hangchow has therefore been commanded by special decree to investigate and settle matters to the satisfaction of all concerned. Furthermore, the Western adage that " it never rains but it pours," or as the Chinese old proverb goos—"with the unlucky man, when his house springs aleak the chances are that a heavy rain reaching far into the night comes on, while if travelling by boat he is sure' to encounter a strong head wind "—is again exemplified in the case of the unlucky district magistrate of Kueianhsien, whose name by the way Chu Mou-tsing. Tt has transpired that a treasure boat loaded with shoes of sycee belonging to Huchon silk merchants, was robbed the other day while passing through the jurisdiction of Kueianhsion, by pirates, who carried off something like Tls. 100,000 in silver and bank drafts as loot. The money, itasomed, was intended for the payment of raw silk purchased by the Huchou silk merchants and as the piracy occurred within the Kueianhsien magistrate's jurisdiction, he is made responsible for it.
A Step in the Right Direction.
There are so many native quacks and bogus doctors in this province of Kiangsu—who number more, it is averred than in any other province of the Empire—and so many lives are periodically lost through too much dependence on those bogus physicians, some of whom are to be practically illiterate, that his Excellency Tuan Fang, the new Governor of this province, has announced his determination to remedy matters. This is to be effected by the holding of compulsory examinations in Soochow (under his Excellency's own eyes with the assistance of a select committee composed of wollknown and capable physicians) of all who hang up signboards announcing to the public the fact that they are doctors in the various cities of Kiangsu province. Those who prove themselves examinations to be qualified phy: tobe granted each a certificate the Governor, or Provi and only such as possess a certificate will be allowed to practice in future in the province.
The Removal of the Kiangnan Arsenal Works.
A Poking dispatch states that H. E, ich Liang, Vice-President of the Board of War and Vice-Commissioner of the Army Reorganisation Bureau, has left the Capital for the Yangtze, having been appointed by the Throne to_ visit Pinghsiang, Kiangsi province, and see whether it would be advisable to remove to that place the works of the present Kiangnan Arsenal, near Sicawei. His Excellency is also authorised to visit any likely spot which may prove to have more advantages than those offered by Pinghsiang. Wo hear that it is proposed to construct early next year very extensive works especially for the making of magazine rifles and smokeless powder.
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