The late : War.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COST, f
.THE TAX-ON THE MINES.
TEN 7 MILLIONS IN TEN MINUTE^.
United. Press Association.— By Electric : Telegraph.— Copyright. . - Received January 17, 8.32 a.m. j ' London, January 16: 1 Though Mr Chamberlian has postponed his official announcement respecting the tax of thirty millions on the Transvaal towards* the cost of the war, a meeting of the heads of South African mining houses in London ap-
proved that figure. * j Payment is to be made in three anInual instalments. The meeting guaranteed ten millions in ten minutes. ' ' . ; The Daily Mail's, v correspondent at: Johannesjbxirg states i that the Orange Colony's contribution to the cost of the war is to be^ five 'millions with a' public works loan " for Oirangia of a similar amount. " ' • "
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12198, 17 January 1903, Page 5
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