LOW COUNTRY FLOODS
VISITED BY BELGIAN ROYALTY.
(RSOTtR'S TIIIfIRAH.)
(Received sth January, 2 p.m.)
BRUSSELS, 4th January. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Belgium to-day paid a long visit to the inundated regions around Namur and' Dinant. The situation in the Liege, Namur,, and Brussels districts has greatly improved, but the position in the low-lying districts, notably the Waes area, has become worse. Their Majesties subscribed two million francs to the national fund for.the victims of the floods, comprising money presented to. them on the occasion .of their silver wadding last year, plus a personal gift of a hundred thousand francs.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 3, 5 January 1926, Page 8
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102LOW COUNTRY FLOODS Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 3, 5 January 1926, Page 8
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