TRANSLATION.
An extract from the "Sheung Po" of the 19th October, 1903.
The Amoy-Hankow Railway soon passing Hongkong.
4.5. Cheung, Lord High Chamberlain, who undertakes to build the Canton-Hankow railway, has engaged an American Engineer at a monthly salary of $1,900. The engineer, having arrived at Hongkong, has departed for Canton in the s.s. "Ying King" last night to take up his duties.