LATE ENGLISH NEWS.
[.Per Hero at Auckland] The Ribbon Society commenced operations in the West of Ireland, centreing principally in Mayo. The agent of the Marquis of Sligo was fired at without effect, when Smith, the son of the agent, jumped from the car without giving the assailants time to reload, and shot one of them dead with a rifle he carried Intimidation is as much practised against the law abiding farmers as against the landlords. The English revenue returns show a laree deficit. K In the Transvaal Sir Garnet Wolaeley has great trouble with the Boers, the laws of the colony beiDg insufficient to deal with the trouble. An edict has been issued, pro hibiting the sale of powder without a permit. A number of Boers applied for permits, and being refused, broke into the store, taking what powder they wanted and left the money to pay for it on the counter. An order for their arrest has been issued, but the friends of the accused men refuse to allow the leader to be taken. Zululand is settling down. John Dunn, the chief of the most important district, refuses to allow missionaries in his territory except on certain terms, two of which are that they shall not trade in cattle or buy land.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 276, 2 December 1879, Page 2
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214LATE ENGLISH NEWS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 276, 2 December 1879, Page 2
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