Africa.
M. Lebon, Colonial Minister, has ordered reinforcements to be despatched to tha French territory in Dahomey. Disturbing news has been received from the hinterland of Lagos and complications are feared at Kikhi, The British West Indian regiment stationed at Lagos has been oidered to proceed to the frontier. West African advices report that the King of Benin, who was latply tried before a British tribunal for the massacre of the British mission under Consul Phillips, and who was dpported to Calabar on the West African coast, would in all probability have been re instated in his king dom under tutelage, had he not attempted to escape while being conveyed to Calabar. A pemi-official Note from Francp accuses Great Britain of delaying the meeting of the Anglo French We3t African Delimitation Commission. YOU CAN'T Have a cake and eat it, too, but you can have your meat and keep it in the warmest of weather by using/' Samaline," the great food preservative .
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Manawatu Herald, 30 October 1897, Page 2
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162Africa. Manawatu Herald, 30 October 1897, Page 2
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