The Archive · 1932

Sixty Years Amoy

From cate, "Nowra-Cuixa Datty News," oF May 31, 1872, Our correspondent, fom Chinkiang writes:-"Aerious Hot lis aceurtady arising out of the prejudices of Chinese "in "regard "to the" catnolie orphanages, "A number vot shire xansterred from Yangchow

keane, the bent grounded off one Ditsing "along the cuna, past rmhanaee at Tan ity eaten," Some on without "waiting "for, their Wont on to the Halen's Yamen, that he was inside got nbroed mob collected "there. also, the Iaglatrate protected hin and went. out 12" pacify" the mob. He succeeded "in leading them off, and then gave them get back to his Yamen, when Fetored The oatinen 4 ein own protection, in the adeiatrate's -Yamen, and. the' children 'Been' placed" in" seme. Chinese nazes. People are still muttering further. disturbance "is The Chinese ate too great a people really to venture to say. "time Danaos et dona ferences.""

'One last. werd we will. venture, Hin recent years to every student of poor meant in the country' there has loomed one bright proapeet, that by diligent work and assiduity one {night in am examination obtain the right to serve in the Customs and Post. Omtce. For w country whose aristocracy' was almost a. purely literary one this is too valuable an incentive to be. destroyed and. the statesmen will donbtiedsly recollect the saying' of the Master in. the Analects" "The superior man ithe world does not set his mind either for anything or against any. thing; what is Tight he will follow tion. Anything savouring of illegal:

must be condemned, but She thing" having occurred it behoves those interested in the well-being of this country 0 to sift the fac-{ors that have brought about the impasse that blame may be somewhat appropriately apportioned.

Essentially the present. strike, it must regrettably" be said, is. an effort on the part of the staff to prevent the disintegration of the Service which, it is thought, would ensure upon more political" inter-but if we may presume to make present dispute are blameless, suggestion it is that the Chinese Bankers' Association and Chamber Commerce, whose influence on the government is. very. great, should offer their services and without any farther washing of the dispute public, mediate therein anc lo Spholdng the authority of the jornment astist by its intervention jin the restoration of confidence and ithe eficiency of an institution of which any -citiven ofthe country: might at one ime hate been proud.

The §S.M.C. Emergency. Postal Service for outward mail only was inaugurated at the S.M.C, Ad" ministration "Building yesterday, morning, when a large number. of residents presented mail for dis patch to Hongkong and' ports out lo Chi In addition, many, tendered postal matter for destina

accepted as picsent arrangem ons' fa hina, "Phi centd! not nly' cover" delivery of ofers ports outside China, and the British Colony of Hongkong on this. coast.

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