RAILROADING THE HEART OF AFRICA.
—, 9 — GERMAN LINE TO TANGANYIKA. By- Teleeraph—Prcßs Association—CoDyrieM "Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services. Nairobi, March 15. The railway from the east ctast to Lake Tanganyika has been constructed. The-distance is 780 miles. :_ German settlers are converting the barren savannah en route into a prosperous colony. ■ One hundred and eighty-five thousand serfs exist in Gorman East Africa but the,numbers are rapidlydwindling down through death and emancipation. It is. expected that serfdom, will ho extinct in fifteen years.. .Its premature ab<.li,tion would cost £280,000 compensation for the owners, besides leaving n.any serfs without the means of maintenance.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2009, 17 March 1914, Page 5
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100RAILROADING THE HEART OF AFRICA. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2009, 17 March 1914, Page 5
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