TELEGRAPHIC. BRITISH & FOREIGN.
', CJnited Press Association- By Electric , Telegraph— Copyright. 1 Received June 17th, 9.30 a.m. terribll: privations. London, June 16. ; Blackwater fever is causing great havoc 1 m the Congo, wln-re a terrible famine : exists. In the Mombassa thousands are 1 starving. The natives are being fed by the Church Mission stations. FREIGHTS ON PKDIGRER STOCK. Mr Taverner is arranging for a reduc- ! tion of freights on pedigree stock shipped to the colonies. A QUESTION OF WEIGHT. The company recently formed to carry on the business of Sir T. J. Lip ton, the well-known London provision merchant, has been fined for weighing paper and lead with the tea packages. The defence was the plea that it was the cuilom of the trade. GENERAL SHIPPING. Bailed — Taranaki, for Dunedin. THREATENED FAMINE. June 16. . '^HBttMteM^ threatened m
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 2981, 19 June 1899, Page 2
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