GERMAN EAST AFRICA.
A RAILWAY CONSTRUCTED. ' ' • .• f, Times and Sydney Sun Services. Capetown, March 15. The railway from Nairobi, in British East Africa, whitjh connects the fast coast with Lake Tanganyika, passing through German territory, has liepn constructed. . It is 780 miles in length, German settlers are converting tile barren savannah along the route into a prosperous colony. One hundred and eighty-five serfs exigt in German East Africa. Their' numbers are rapidly dwindling through death and emancipation. It is expected that serfdom will be extinct in fifteen years. Its premature abolition wou;d cost £280,000 compensation to owners, besides leaving many serfs without the means of maintennaee.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 220, 17 March 1914, Page 5
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106GERMAN EAST AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 220, 17 March 1914, Page 5
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