GERMAN EAST AFRICA.
ACTIVITY OF SETTLERS. DY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. (Received March 16, 8.0 a.m.) CAPETOWN, March 15. Tlio railway from Nairobi in British East. Africa, which connects tho '-ast coast with Lako Tanganyika, passing through Gentian territory, lias been constructed. It is 780 railc-s in length. German settlers arc converting tho barren savannah along tho route into a prosperous colony. One hundred and eighty-five serfs exist in German East Africa. Their numbers are rapidly dwindling through death and emancipation. It is expected that serfdom will lie extinct in fifteen years. Its premature abolition would cost T 250.000 compensation to owners, beside leaving many serfs without tho means of maintenance.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144351, 16 March 1914, Page 3
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115GERMAN EAST AFRICA. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144351, 16 March 1914, Page 3
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