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DEFENCE OF GIBRALTAR,
By Telegraph —Press Association— Copyright Received 12.28 a.m.. Feb. 24. London, Feb. 23. A Commission appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty recommend the construction of a defensive harbor on the eastern side of Gibraltar at a cost of six aud a half millions. COSTLY EPIDEMIC.
The recent smallpox epidemic in London cost the Metropolitan Asylums Board half a million pounds. l-'ISH AND AGRICULTURE. Superintendence of fisheries will shortly be added to the duties of the British Board of Agriculture. CHEAP LABOR.
Capetown, Feb. 23. The Johannesburg Chamber of Mines Native Labour Association has sent a Commissioner to China to report upon the question of the employment of Cbineso lador ou the Rand. The prospects of recruiting South African natives are much brighter; the Kaffirs are responding to tho higher wages.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 824, 24 February 1903, Page 2
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