A paring robbery has been committed on the Texan and Pacific Railway. A gang of masked men boarded an oast-bound express train near Eort Worth, Texas, and robbed the express and mail ears of 30,000 dols. The passengers were not molested. Till-: Central Xews learns that intelligence of a disquieting character lias Ijcen received in London from Stanley I'alls, which states that the Arabs refused to surrender to the Congo Free .State when Tippoo Tib arrived with Major IVirttelot to assume the Governorship on behalf of the ritate. The Arabs exidonLly wish to rcu'iftin nKistsrs at .Stanley I<'alls, so as to be able to conLinua raiding for slaves. Under these circumstances the outlook is disquioting, as the opposition of the Arabs is a tiling to ba reckoned with,
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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2453, 31 March 1888, Page 2
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128Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2453, 31 March 1888, Page 2
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