BELGIUM.
Brussels, Jane 3. News has been reeeivod here from the Belgian authorities of the Congo Free State that Captain Moalton, In command o! the force operating on the Gondaij frontier of the eqaatorial provinoei, de« feated two ohlefa inpportlog tha Mahdi, and following np their victories, the Congo troopi have occupied Redjaphl. A Belgian syndicate bai been formed to bnild n railway to Hankow, Ohlna. Tha length of the line will be 700 miles, The syndicate have also eeoared the sole plght to construct 2000 miles of trank jjpss Id China.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 5 June 1897, Page 3
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