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News from Matabeleland states that Lobengula has asked Major Adams to stop Major Forbes' pursuit of him so as to enable him (Lobengula) to return to Buluwayo, and arrange terms of peace. Major Adams does not believe Lobengula is sincere in the request he has made. Two brothers named Rorigue are being tried at Brest on a charge of piracy and murder. Tt is alleged that during a voyage of a schooner in the South Seas they shot the captain aud poisoned the crew, and enslaved a number of Kanakas. The cook of the vessel revealed the crime. The Russian Government claims the right to make Kilia, a north arm of the Danube River navigable, but a commission which was appointed to t'onsider the matter opposes the claim,
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Manawatu Herald, 9 December 1893, Page 2
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129Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 9 December 1893, Page 2
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