THE CONGO.
BELGIUM’S MANOEUVRES. PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT London, Nov 29. Sir Edward Grey announces that through the intervention of Mr J. B. Armstrong, Vice-Consul at Leopoldville, the abolition of the corvee in the case of women has been secured, also a reduction of the food tax to one-half in the Bangalo district of the Congo Free State. Brussels, Nov 29. In the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, Count De Nayer, Premier, faintly hinted at Belgium annexing the Congo State. Mr Hymans, a Liberal, demanded such a course as the full right of Belgium, in view of her prospective obligations in connection with the Congo.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1947, 1 December 1906, Page 2
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