The Daily Colonist, September 29, 1914
Mon, 2014/09/29 - 8:24am
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- In exotic Africa: Duala, capital of Kamarun, German Equatorial Africa [Cameroon] surrenders to Anglo-French forces; French forces occupy German Congo.
- German Zeppelin reported to have bombed school in Russia, killing children
- Japanese forces in German occupied China approaching fort and Tsing Tau.
- Two separate reports of German friendly-fire incidents, one of which killed one of Kaiser Wilhelm's sons.
- Reproduction of labels put on 1.2 million cans of salmon donated by British Columbia government.
- Komagata Maru still in the news. Former Indian civil-servant now living in Duncan to lead investigatory commission that was a condition of the ship returning to Asia.
- Mexican civil war peace negotiations dragging on.
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