AFGHANISTAN'S ADVANCE.
I - NEW .CAPITAL LAID OUT. ■ II " : ' ' : -* ''■'••'■'■''■'■''' '.'':'•■. ,; ' V ■';'" '■ -••»•" > TRADE TREATY WITH BRITAIN. * , r Australian .and. K.Z. Gable Association. ; ' CRMS; : 10.5 j>.m) -" DELHI, Jan. 13. " The laying out is: comrdeted of the .new. Afghan I capital at Chardeh,. five miles J . i\ from *Kabul. Th« construction of: .the v Amir's palace has commenced. The Amir is. steadily pursuing a policy .', of retrenchment. ; Important reductions ).. have.been made in .'the size,of ,the array ~•'■■ *'•;. and the salarjesof officers and men. The J; Afghan trade delegates are considering "the . b draft; of an 'Anglo-Afghan .trade conven- . .■.;;' . tionatjallabad, whither ; the.Britishdele- ', I gates are expected, to return next week.- '■■ At".:present they are conferring with the ■ •-,- ; : .Government .in Delhi. ';'; .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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112AFGHANISTAN'S ADVANCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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