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«. _ Washington, Marcb 13. Tbe Committee of Ways and Means recommend Congress to restore President McKinley's wool tariff, without waiting for the passing of Dingley's Bill. London, March 13. In the House of Lords, the Earl of Onslow, Parliamentary Secretary to the Indian Office, stated that with ■ a good monsoon season in India £'850,000 would suffice to meet the immediate wants of the famine-stricken districts. A violent scene occurren at the Transvaal raid inquiry committee yesterday. It occurred through Mr Labouchere accusing Bowers of telling falsehoods. The Federal Employers of Engineers have notifind their intention to declare a lock out unless the men agree to a conference. Reports from East Africa state that a waggon-road bas been completed from the sea coast through Uganda to Lake Victoria Nyanza. There is great prosperity at Uganda. The Appollinaris and Johannis, the two great natural mineral water companies, have agreed to amalgamate. Their united capital amounts to £-3,230,000. Capetown, March 13. The Cape Times asserts the Transvaal is making a determined effort to Republicanise the Cape Parliament, induciug burghers to pledge themselves to assist the Transvaal if attacked by a Europeau power.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 215, 15 March 1897, Page 2
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