NEWS OF STANLEY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume VII, Issue 233, 11 January 1889, Page 3

NEWS OF STANLEY.

From an English exchange of November 9th we take the following news respecting the in repid traveller H. M. Stanley : -Aft last, through Reuter's agent at Zanzibar, we have some intelligence concerning Stanley. It is nearly a year old, tuft, such as it is, it is better than nothing. The news is brought by couriers who have reached Zanzibar from Tabora, a place about 200 miles due south of Lake Victoria Nyanza. They report that towards the end of last November certain detachments of Arabs trading from Tabora in the regions between Lake Albert Nyanza and Lake Mutta Nzige encountered the rear guard of Mr Stanley's ex pedition at a pjint west of the Albeit Nynnza and south east of Sanga. which is a station on the confines of the Monbuttu country. Mr Stanley ivas not seen by these traders, as he was stated "to be two 'lay's march ahead of the rear guard encountered by them. But he was reported to be in good health, though he had previously suffered from fever, together, with many of his companions. Other causes had also contributed to delay the progress of the expedition, such as the hostility of the tribes, with which Mr Stanley had i frequently been compelled to iight in order to procure supplies, the extreme difficulty of the country, which, often made it impossib c to march more than a mile and a quarter in the day, and the halts which the leader had made in the hope that reinforcements might reach him from the Congo. Mr Stanley had, it appears, decided to alter his route, so as to avoid, if possible, the swamps and unhealthy region which, lay immediately in front of him. His expectation was that 40 or 50 days would suffice for the completion of the journey, and the Arabs appear to have been of opinion that he would be ab e to do this notwithstanding the losses lie had sustained and the difficulties he had encountered.