A KAFFIR REVOLT.
THE'RECENT RISING IN GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. .' ••■ (Rec. January 4, 0.45 a.m.) London, January 3. '. Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Seoretary, in a letter to the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection' Society, states that tho' mutiny of Kaffirs at Wilholmstal, in Gorman South-West Africa, details of which, wero cabled in November, was duo to tho deduction of. pay, and complaints as to bad food. Tho strike of tho [ natives who were working for railway contractors had been embittered by an' attempt 'to prevent tho strikers obtaining provisions;' '' - ■'■■'' Thd railway company, without, the sanction of tho civil authorities, called in .the troops, and this culminated in- an affray. The German Government and the company wero doing their utmost to remedy the conditions, and a special magistrate had been' appointed to protect the interests of tha British natives.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1016, 4 January 1911, Page 5
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139A KAFFIR REVOLT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1016, 4 January 1911, Page 5
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