Mails Delays and Telegraph Cables Disrupted Reported
The overdue French mail arrived four days late via Marseilles. The P and QC mail reached London from Brindisi this morning. Inward French mail dates include Yokohama 19 April Shanghai 23 April Hong Kong 29 April. Singapore left Suez 29 April and may arrive Friday or Saturday. Cables between Madras and Penang and Java and Australia remain interrupted and Great Northern line messages take four to five days.
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Homzwamp
Hepa
London
Jaapan
Yokohama
Yedo
Osaka
Hiogo
Ay Hakodachi Oon
Aes Nagasaki
Peking
Marseilles
P. and QC
Brindisi
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Singapore
Suez
Madras
Penang
Java
Australia
Great Northern Company
Passengers Departures From Marseille by Various Vessels
Outward lists of passengers from Marseilles by the Hoogly Saskatoon and other ships with destinations including Yokohama Hong Kong Singapore Galle Saigon Ceylon and Yong Kong. Names include Mrs J F Lowder Mr Percy Montgomery Admiral Duperre and Mrs Sceales among others.
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Hoogly
Marseilles
Yokohama
J. F. Lowder
Hong Kong
Percy Montgomery
Sisters of Mercy
Vulgince Javila
Diego Pons
Frandin
Saigon
Dierx
Admiral Duperre
Pasquet de la Broue
de Beaumont
Singapore
A. Bossert
Celos from the Far East Japan Advices Latest from Ports by Mail
Our advices from the Japan ports, received with current mails in San Francisco, carry no later dates than those on the 19th of the month. These reports are published in our issue dated the 22nd of the previous month.
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Japan
San Francisco
Chinese Revolt in Kwansi and Fortifications at Sin-cheng
The Peking Gazettes from March illuminate unrest in Kwansi linked to a disputed succession and an aboriginal petition. Li Hung-chang reports Sin-cheng fortifications on the Peiho completed by ten thousand soldiers over three years, funded without treasury disbursement. Wu Tsangchéng is appointed Director-General of the Foochow Arsenal amid personnel shifts. The Tientsin correspondent notes a successful Dredging Machine trial before Li Hung-chang and officials, demonstrating the machine’s power with a 3,500 pound stone tested in the Peiho river.
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Peking
Tientsin
Kwangsi
Li Hung-chang
Sin-cheng
Peiho
Taku
Wu Tsangchéng
Foochow
Tientsin Bunders
Kwo Sung-tao
England
Kwo
Hsu
Formosa
Worth China Herald
Hill and Hammill
United States
Peiho River
Peitang Canal
Old Catholic Church
Chin Chia K’ow
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Atest Archives
the Mails
Teviot
Far East
China
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