THE ABYSSINIAN COMPLICATION
v MASSOWAH, January 15. Under a pretext that he was connected -with a. band of German Boblemea -who -were i visiting Abyssinia to shoot lions, Mr Arnold Hold, representing some German manufacturers and banks, asked the Emperor Menelik for a concession to , establish a bank " at Addis Abebba, also for a spirit monopoly and the Tight to J run a motor service between Jibutil and ! Addis Abebba. He promised Menelik 10 per cent, of the profits of the spirit' J. monopoly.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 27
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84THE ABYSSINIAN COMPLICATION Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 27
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