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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1107, 30 September 1904, Page 3

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Afghanistan BojiniY, September 29

The Ameer has abolished (bo old system of recruiting, anil raises tho pay ot 30,000 troops, Eo has sent guns to Herat, and builds a bridge over tho Bivor Hilmnna at Khaudahar, Fighting in West Africa Lisbon, September 29 Severe fighting Ims oecunvd in Portuguese Wflsi Allien, Government troops only dofoatcd the Gmihamn tribesmen alter n throo days' struggle Russian Reforms Loxuo.v, Sept. 29

M. Mitski, do Plehve's successor, has withdrawn do Plehve's prohibition of tho establishment of the Zometov organisation for the rolief of tho sick and wounded.

Robert Reid Company London, September 2'J Tho report of the Robert Reid Company snows a profit ot £lO,l-13, A dividend of If) 8s -Id per cent has been declared, and tbore has beon carried forward £225. Arctic Expedition Christiana, Sep 20. The Duke oi Orleans Ims applied to the Nonvogion Government for permission to hire the ship Frini, wherein Nansen made his famous expedition, (or the Arctic expedition in 1905. The request has been granted, subject to Captain Sverdrup commanding her,

Proposed Reduction of Freight London. Sept, 29 The Associated Chambers ol Commerce of the United Kingdom, at a meeting in Manchester, a committee lo approach the shipping companies with a view lo reduction in freight rales to South Africa and Australasia. Affairs in Ireland Loxuu:,, o(-pt20 The Cker wembors avo promoting a convention to protest against Lord Dunraven, in refcrenco to reforms in tho Government ot Ireland, am l urgo tho need of increased vigilance.