24 Jun 1878
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Newspaper
London And China Telegraph
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 24, 1878
Page
1
A new Canoe Club forms in Nagasaki after three fine canoes arrive from Kobe. The club buys the Boat Club house and may stage a regatta on the Queen's birthday as sport revival momentum.
The Peking Gazette reports an edict dated March 29 expressing the emperor’s anger at household officers for failing to cut costs and mitigate famine. Empresses order halving the emperor’s mess expenses and assign Prince King to the Imperial Clan Court while Grand Council members face penalties, retaining office. The decree signals government anxiety as famine spreads north beyond coping means.
A Shanghai Courier correspondent reports four relief yards opening to a crushing rush of applicants. Registration sites are distant, worsened by heavy rain. bodies line streets and relief logistics fail to reach the poor. Steamers flood grain. a CMSN steamer case against a junk owner ends in fines and remittance.
A small group of Tientsin residents held an Amateur Concert on April 18 at the English Methodist Mission Chapel. Proceeds exceeded $100 for the Temperance Hall while the auditors enjoyed more than $100 worth of good music.
A letter laments English sympathy but condemns Chinese mandarins for neglecting road repair and flood relief during famine. It notes a pump bought by a coal mine owner sits unused as roads decay, hindering coal output and mineral wealth in Shansi and Zhili.
After heavy rainment, Hankow reports fine weather and good tea crop prospects. News from tea districts is scarce but political uncertainty at home leads planters to act cautiously, aiming to harvest tea at lower prices than last year. The number of hongs in Hankow districts is well below last year.
The report notes races from Monday to Wednesday with holiday disruption and strong horse turnout. It summarizes a North China Herald piece on Shanghai tea weights, detailing Native Tea Guild opposition to a one pound package allowance and urging Chamber of Commerce discussion before any decision.
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