Trouble in West Africa.
MURDER OF A BRITISH OFFICER. (Per Press Association.) ] London, Nov. 21. Reports from Lagos, "West Africa, state that Captain Bowen, British resi- : dent at Yoroba, was killed, and the , King ordered his residence to be destroyed by fire. The outbreak in the inland native kingdom of Yowmba, on the West Coast of Africa, is of a serious character. The party under Captain Bower (who was i killed) afterwards shot a number of tbe leaders of tbe revolt. The Governor of Lagos is sending reinforcements to the scene of the disorder.
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Feilding Star, Issue 123, 22 November 1895, Page 2
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