PURCHASE OF NIGERIA.
[united press association.] (by electric telegraph, COPYRIGHT). London, July 4. Thb House of Commons, by 223 votes to 101, agreed to vote £865,000 for the purchase of Nigeria from the Chartered Company. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, praised the company, and stated that notwithstanding that Anglo - French relations in "West Africa in 1897 were more strained than the public appreciated, the company's free hand threatened a terrible war.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 457, 6 July 1899, Page 2
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73PURCHASE OF NIGERIA. Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 457, 6 July 1899, Page 2
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