FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO
London, April 17.—-The latest new stales that the relieving forces start c from Cape Town for Ekowc, consisting of 6,000 men with Gatling guns and a rocket column. I * * * * It is stated slated that 35.000 Zulus await ‘ the arrival of the relieving force. I * * * # I Melbourne, April 18.—Dr Bryan Doyle i from New Zealand, to-day charged several women with the robbery of £II,OOO. ; « ■» * , [ Commenting on the scarcity of money, the ‘ Evening Post ’ fays the savings bank returns for the March quarter tell their tale all too plainly as to the severe monetary pressure, of the past few months. The deposits for the whole colony only exceeded the withdrawals by £842. At'the three principal cities —Wellington, Christchurch, and. Dunedin—the withdrawals exceeded (he, deposits by (respectively) £18,782, £13,834, and £15,698.
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Evening Star, Issue 18256, 21 April 1923, Page 14
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131FORTY-FOUR YEARS AGO Evening Star, Issue 18256, 21 April 1923, Page 14
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