NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Tzvediya reports a detailed inquiry into the execution of Nicholas 11. in Siberia, and states that 1(34 persons accused of participation have been arrested. A now harbour is to he constructed at Korsor, which is a Danish seaport GO miles west-south-west of Copenhagen. The harbour will have a depth of ten meters, as against nine metres in Copenhagen, and large quays will he built, with ample facilities for handling merchandise. Before the war in the East was over sufficient corn had been grown not only to supply the whole population of Mesopotamia and (he armies there, but also actually to send corn to Europe. The saving on shipping tonnage amounted to fully 250,000 tons in the year. Since the British first occupied Mesopotamia nearly 100 canals on the Hilleh branch of the Euphrates have been dug out, over 300,000 acres of land have been brought under cultivation, and the greatest harvest reaped that has over been seen in that area since the days of Nebuchadnezzar,
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2014, 12 August 1919, Page 4
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169NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2014, 12 August 1919, Page 4
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