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Show ASK CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROAD QUIT ' HONGKONG, Oct. 17. A report has been received from Canton that the ,.',Board of Commerce at Peking had tele- graphed the Viceroy requesting a discontinuance dis-continuance of the work of construction on the Whampoa railway on account of British representations that the projected project-ed line was opposed to the Kowfoon-Canton Kowfoon-Canton railroad. The Viceroy replied, it is said, that he was unwilling to discontinue the work for the reason that the commence-, commence-, ment of the Whampoa road was antici- 1ated by the owners of the Kowloon ine. - |