HOME AND FOREIGN.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, September 29. The Columbia University conferred a Doctorship of Law on the Archbishop of Canterbury. LONDON, September 29. The report of the directors of Robert Reid and Company states that the profit for the year was £10,143. A dividend at the rate of 6| per cent, has been declared, and £225 carried forward. (Received September 30, at 8.57 a.m.) Lady Curzon passed a fair night, and her condition shows an improvement. Mr Colin Hunter, A.R.A., is dead; aged sixty-three years. . LISBON, September 29. Severe fighting has taken place in Portuguese West Africa. Trie Government troops onl ydefeated the Guanhama tribesmen after three days’ struggle. BOMBAY, September 29. The Ameer has abolished the old system of recruiting, and raises the rate of pay. Thirty thousand troops have been sent with guns to Herat to build a bridge over the River HUmand at Kandahar. Christiania, September 29. The Duke of Orleans,has applied to the Norwegian Government for permission to hire the ship Pram, wherein Nansen made his famous expedition, for an Arctic expedition in 1995. The request was granted, subject to Captain Sverdrup commanding.
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Evening Star, Issue 12313, 30 September 1904, Page 6
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189HOME AND FOREIGN. Evening Star, Issue 12313, 30 September 1904, Page 6
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