GOLDFIELD IN BELGIAN CONGO
EXPECTED TO OUT-RIVAL THE RAND. (By Telegraph.— fress Association.— Copyright.) JOHANNESBURG, 20th Aug. Authoritative accounts have been received of a new goldfield near Kito, in Belgian Congo. The reefs are reported to yield 70 per cent. The new goldfield is expected to out-rival the Rand field. FIRE ON TriE RAKAIA SALVAGE WORK. ACTUAL DAMAGE NOT YET KNOWN. <By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) ALBANY, 20th Aagust. The seat of the fire on. the New Zealand ( Shipping Company's steamer Rakaia, en route to Cardiff, wheat laden, is on the starboard side of No. 3 hold. There was also another outbreak in the lower crosshead of the bunker. The Clayton patent fire-extinguisher is being used, and the men are "working with smoke-proof helmets. The hold contained 15,000 bags of wheat, a good deal of which, including 500 damaged bags, has been discharged into the hulks. The actual damage is unknown as yet.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 7
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