TROUBLE IN THE TRANSVAAL.
(Rtcehd December 26, 6.15 p.m.) '' Pretoria, December 28. Serious friction exists in tho Transvaal, owing to tho Nitlanders organising a programme for equal rights with tho Boers. Tho National Union bad formulated a programme demanding a truo Republic with a settled constitution, equitablo franchise, and the equality of tho Dutch and the British. Many prominent Nitlanders are' endeavouring to restrain tho Union leaders. President Kroger is quietly preparing to resist any trouble, and Maxim guns have been imported, whilo a quarter of s, million sterling has been expended on the forts at Pretoria and Johannesburg.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5216, 30 December 1895, Page 2
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99TROUBLE IN THE TRANSVAAL. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5216, 30 December 1895, Page 2
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