Africa.
President K eager has guspended JucUe De Oorte, as he believad that he was bribed by Mr Phillips, one of the leading members of the Reform Committee. Colonel Napier's flying column, three hundred strong, has defeated fifteen hundred natives. The column co-operates with six hundred troops from Fort Salisbury for the purpose of driving the Matabeles from the Matoppo Hills. Mr Rhodes has promised that the Chartered Company will compensate the settlers, form a strong permanent police, and build forts for the protection of the inhabitants. He specially thanked the Afrikander Corps for their assistance, and promised to allot the burghers land.
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Manawatu Herald, 2 June 1896, Page 2
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103Africa. Manawatu Herald, 2 June 1896, Page 2
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