BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11889, 12 May 1899, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

United Press Association—By Electric telegraph—Copyright. RAILWAY CONSTPvUCTION IN BURMAH. LONDON, May 10. In the House of Commons, Mr Hamilton stated that Airiericafl contractors wou d construct the Goktiek railway viaduct in Burmah within a year, at a cost of £60,000. The lowest English tender was £116,000, three years being required for the construction. INDIAN SUGAR DUTIES. Mr Fowler intimated his iritention, to thrive an address to the Crbwn, asking that the Indian coutitervailirig dtities on sugar should be disallowed. THE DUKE OP YORE. LONDON, May 11. The Duke of York has completely recovered. THE CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY. CAPETOWN, May 11. Mr Cecil Rhodes has granted the Bechuanaland Railway nine hundred blocks, each a ihile square, airing the Buluwayo-Tangan-yika route. ’ ;