IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1968, 27 January 1914, Page 5

IN SOUTH AFRICA.

mus NOW IN REVOLT.

GOVERNMENT TAKING STERN I MEASURES. , : :;j OFFENDERS TO BE SHOT AT FIRST SIGNS! OF VIOLENCE. J By Telejraph—Press Association-Copyright Johannesburg, January 25. ~ When Zulus saw tho burghers leaving iUiddlcburg for the Rand, emissaries were sent to Znluhtnd to. report that tho time was opportune for revolt, as tho whites were warring with each other. The emissaries were .. arrested before they reached Zuliihmd. There is evidence that they intended to murder the only whites remaining, in tho vicinity. The Government has sent a largo patrol to Middleliurg, warning the Zulus that on tho first signs of. violence the offenders will be shot THE RISING SUPPRESSED. , LATEST FROM MIDDLEBURG. . London, January 25. An Exehango telegram states tliat tho Zulu revolt at Micklleburg during the. absence of the troops maintaining order at Johannesburg has been suppressed. RULE NISI. .. . FOR MR. CRESSWELL'S RELEASE. Johannesburg, January 25. . Tho Supreme Court, granted a rule nisi for Mr. Cresswell's release, returnable on January 28. on tho ground that tho Magistrate had wrongly claim€(l to administer friartial iaiv when there was no riot disturbance in the Witwntersrand. The Magistrate acquitted the exeeutive of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers on a charge of unlawful assembly, on tho ground that the term enclosed spaco" did not apply to rooms. MARTIAL LAW RELAXED. ANOTHER STRIKE LEADER IMPRISONED. (Reo. January 2C>, 11.10 p.m.) JohannosbtM-gj January 20. Martial law lias been further relaxed} and the public are allowed. out of doors until midnight. The secretary of the Springs branch of tho Labour party has been seutenccd to a-month's hard labour, and lias been lined £'25, or a fur* ther month, for inciting tho natives to strike at tho Springs mine. The Durban railwayman have resolved to resume.