ENGLISH & FOREIGN. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] Cape Town, September 24.
Intelligence has _bsen 'received from tha Transvaal that the native .chiefs Mapoch and Mampoer, leaders' of tli& rebellion against the Boors in the early part of this year, who subsequently were made prisoners, have boen tried at Pretoria, and sentenced to death. ' ■ , \ London, September 25. i The explosions at the rocket factory at' Woolwich continued, , with intermissions, for upward ian hour. Some of the rockets travelled for miles, but in the majority of cases little or no damage was done by them. It is believed that the 1 explosion waa accidental. London, September 25. Telegiams which have been received from Zanzibar, report that fighting has taken place between the Hovas and French troops in Madagascar. The former made an attack in force oa the position occupied by the French on the west (sic) coast of the island, and after stubborn fighting, lasting several hourg, the French were driven from their position with considerable loss. \ *
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1752, 27 September 1883, Page 2
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164ENGLISH & FOREIGN. [BY TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Cape Town, September 24. Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1752, 27 September 1883, Page 2
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