Africa.

Manawatu Herald, 2 July 1896, Page 2

Africa.

Colonel Plurner, with a force 900 strong, has started to attack the Gekeat impi at Halda, 60 miles from Buluwayo. Help has also been despatched to Fort Charter, which is threatened by natives. Sixty persons have been murdered by the Mashonas, and 70 other 3 have been reported missing in the last few days. Two thousand Yorongazes have deserted from the Beira railway works, and it is feared that they have joined the rebels. The 50,000 rounds of MartiniHenry ammunition which were stolen from Marindella hav9 been found. News has been received that the telegraph line between Fort Salisbury and Urn tali has been cut by the rebels. 1 It is estiunted that the claims against the British-South Africa Chartered Company by farmers and others, owing to the Matabele rising, will amount to £200,000. Mr Chamberlain states that the military authorities have been ad vised not to employ Indian soldiers against the Mashonas, as the natives would regard such a course as a confession of tne weaknessof the whites. The Government were, however, added Mr Chamberlain, Bending a battalion of King's Rifles to the Cape. It is reported that three Austra* Hans have been killed by Matabele natives at a place some 20 miles north of Fort Salisbury. The rising of the Mashonas is spreading to the various posts held by the Portuguese in Zambesi, and a brother of Dr Jameson has been killed,