SOUTH AFRICA.
REDUCING TR4N»IT DCBB. Per Press Association. Received 16, 4.80 p.m. Cape Town, April 16. With a view to securing the free ad* mi'Bion of Natil goods, pending the ratification of the Oustoms Convention Natal ieduces the transit dues on imparts for the Transvaal frjm 3 to 1 per cent, The Cape abolishes the transit duty on the 24th.
RELIEF WORKS. LOAN 9 FOR RAILWAYB AMD HARBOUR. Reoeived IS, 10.80 pm. Cape Town, April I<S. The Transvaal Government, after the beginning of June, will ouue supplying bu'ghers with rations, implements, ana stock on oredit. The destitute wil} Im offeied Employment on public works. The Natal Gjvernment proposes to borrow four millions to expend on the construction of railways and bar boor works in Natal. The Government have introduosd a bill compelling Natalitns between the ages of 17 and 50 to serve in the militia.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 93, 17 April 1903, Page 2
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