Africa.
News has been received that Dr N. M. MoFarlane has had, with a force of 60 men, another encounter with the natives. This foroa met and fought 1500 of the Matabele three miles from Buluwayo. The fight lasted for two hoars, when Dr MoFarlane retired in perfect order, owing to a Maxim gun be coming jammed and thus rendered unfit for use. The Englishmen lost only two men, while the natives had 50 killed. Buluwayo is provisioned for two months, which is sufficient to last until the fort is relieved. Operations are now confined to clearing a zone of three miles around the laager. The Volksßtein newspaper, which is recognised as the organ of the Transvaal Government, advocates a prompt movement for the imposition of extreme taxation in connection with the gold and diamond mining industries, with a view to the exclu - sion of foreigners.
A despatch from the Rand to a Hamburg paper states that the Boers are relying on support from the Orange Free State and the Afrikander party, and are prepared for war unless their demands are conceded.
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Manawatu Herald, 25 April 1896, Page 2
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182Africa. Manawatu Herald, 25 April 1896, Page 2
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