The Auctralian-Oriental Line Ghangte has equalled the fast trip recently made by her sister ship, the Taiping. The Changte, of which Captain Gambrill ¥s in com mand, left Sydney on the afternoon of July 18 and arrived in Hongkong the morning of August 6, having called at the usual Australian ports and Manila. The voyage fron Sydney to Hongkong was therefore made in under 19 days, the. same time as was taken by the Taipinse on her last trip, and, so far as we ase aware, the record for this run.
The' local agents are Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, Tux authorities at Nantungchow are reported by the Chinese proes to have established a new agrieultural experimental station, the pwr-Pose, of course, being to improve China's agricultural system) and assist the farmers.
Apsman, Yang Shu-chuang, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and concurrent chairman of the Fukien Provincial Government, has tele graphed to his subordinates in Foochow fristructing them to talk less and do more in the way of constructive schemes, says the Chinese press. Admiral Yang has ordered them to construct more roads several main highways to connect different parts of the provinces: ae Hellas dig a number of new enn
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