NATAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8150, 26 May 1906, Page 5

NATAL.

THE NATIVE DISTURBANCE. STARVING REBELS CAPTURED. Received May 25, 9.46 a.m. PIETERMARITZHURG, May 24. A oordon of troops has been drawn round Ukandhla. Many starving rebels have been captured. Two hundred and fifty native women and children are being fed at Ukandhla, and one hundred and twenty-five others near Greytown. REBEL EMISSARY CAPTURED. Received May 25, 9.46 a.m. PIETERMARITZBURG, May 24. A Natal rebel emissary nas been captured in the Transvaal, where he had gone after tryng to persuade the native chiefs in Zululand to rise simultaneously. SITUATION VERY SERIOUS. IMPERIAL TROOPS WARNED TO BE READY TO TAKE THE FIELD. SPIES SWARM AT PRETORIA. BAMBAATA'S AGENTS USING THEIR INFLUENCE. Received May 26, 12,19 a.m. LONDON, May 25. Renter's Pretoria Correspondent reports that the situation in Natal is very serious. The local Imperial troops have been warned to bold themselves in readiness to take the field. Zulu spies are swarming at Pretoria. Parleyings for Siganandi's surrender have proved fruitless, owing the infiuenoe of Bambaata's agents. Colonel Mackenzie resumes vigorous operations against Siganandi's stronghold at Mome. Bambaata, on May; 19th, retreated aoross the Mkala Mountain to an unknown destination. , Four of his companions remain at Mome.