INDIAN FRONTIER WAR.
SKUIOUS TKOUULE WITH AFGHANS CAPTUiE OF A COXTRAISAXJ) IiOAT Loudon, May 11. The cruiser Proserpine iu tin.* middle of April captured in the Persian Unit" an Afghan dhow containing 1050 rifles and a million cartridge?. .Most of the w«ipon* were oi French manufacture. Owing to Afghan threats to destroy , the English reservation at Jask (in Per. -ia, near the mouth of the Persian (iulf) the warship Hyacinth landed marines and trained her guns on the town. While the Proserpine was trying to intercept two suspicion, coasters, Afghans who were concealed opened' lire an,l killed a coxswain and seriously wounded another of the crew. Marines are still protecting the British reaenation at Jasl;.-
FRIENDLY AFRIDIS. FAILURE UK Tin; MULLAH'S EFFORTS.
Received May |:j, 11.28 a.m. 'Calcutta. May \± Afridis at lirga definitely deride not to oppose the British. The- Mullah's effort to inllame the Biiwaur country failed, owing to Hie loyalty of the Swat tribesmeiu
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 121, 13 May 1908, Page 3
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156INDIAN FRONTIER WAR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 121, 13 May 1908, Page 3
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