NEW AFRICAN RAILWAY.
o . THROUGH RIOH TERRITORY. By Telegraph—Press - Association—Copyright (Rco. September 12, 11.45 p.m.) London, September 12. Tho romance of the Uganda railway promises to be equalled by tho construction of the great railway artery, 550 miles, from thb newly-discovered port named after Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Secretary of Stat© for the Colonics), on a branch of the Bonny River in Nigeria, to the Kadnina River, where it joins tho Kano railway. Tho cost of tho now line, which the Government has just sanctioned, is £3,000,000. Tho lino traverses that mysterious find almost "unknown land wliero ",Tuju" worship prevails, tapping tlio richest palm oil belt in tho world, and a eoal-field of 1000 square miles, To I por oonfc. of tho valuo of tlio best Wolsh coal.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1854, 13 September 1913, Page 5
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127NEW AFRICAN RAILWAY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1854, 13 September 1913, Page 5
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