Everywhere in Africa new harbours and railways are being built, and now comes news that even the backward Portuguese colony of Angola is to have a new port. This will he quite a new name on the man—Deign do Can—and it will stand where the Congo nours into the sea opposite the Belgian port of Banana. Though Angola- has' three fairly good ports on the Atlantic, this will lie her first river port of notable size. Deigo de Can is 'to he built hv a British firm, and the work will he hv no means as easy as it might seem. Except for the Amazon, the Congo has a larger basm than any river in the world, and rolls an enormous volume of water into the Atlantic—so great that the of its current can he felt 300 miles At sea. "When your child cannot sleep because of cold in the head, use "Nazol.” Sprinkle some drops on nightgown or pillow. Quick relief will follow- GO doses 1/6. —Advt ’ For children’s hacking cough. Woods' Oerat Peppermint Cure.—Advt.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 July 1924, Page 4
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176Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 July 1924, Page 4
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