SOUTH AFRICA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2929, 23 April 1891, Page 2

SOUTH AFRICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TUI.I&ItAIMI.—COI'YRIUIIT.) London*, April 'JO. The Boers propose to absorb the ter« ritory bounded by the Limpopo on the south, Matubelelaud on the west, the Zambesi on the north, and (he Portu-i gueso country on tke-oasl, April ill. The members of the Willoughby expedition state that they offered to pay fduty to the Portuguese, and waited for two days without receiving any reply, They then proceeded up the Pungaweri, but the Portuguese opened tire and seized the steamers again and tho lighters which they were towing. The lighters were laden with, provisions for the garrison ut Fort Salisbury. The Portuguese allege that a broach of the fiscal rules was committed, and also state they intend to prevent any«no from entering the Pungaweri until Masalcesse is evacuated. C.U'ETow.v, April 20. The Portuguese to-day lircd upon the British steamer Agnes, which was conveying pioneers of the Willougliby oxpeiition to Mashonaland, im<l seized the vessel's cargo. The Boers are establishing a Republic in Mashonaland and Manicalnnd. The Portuguese aro conniviag with them, and their action is likely to complicate matters with England. Intelligence has been received that I the Portuguese authorities have seized the Mashonaland mails; also, that they fusilladed and captured six vessels, but replaced their ensigns. The Englishmen who were onboard, were taken prisoners. April -I. Owing to the action of the Portuguese authorities martiul law liar; been proclaimed in Mashonaland. Five thousand men convoy the Boer expedition to Mashonaland. Lisnox, April 20. The Governor of Mozambique lias communicated with the Government concerning the seizure of mails and vessels by the Portuguese authorities in Mashonaland.

Hu declares that tLc Rhodes Company has broken the recently arranged modus vivendi, therefore the Portu-. guese had done the same. He mentions that several Englishmen have been taken prisoners ; also that a tug belonging to Mr Johnson, the British Agent in Zambesi, had been seized, and the British ensign lowered. He declares that hereafter only vessels Hying the Portuguese flag will be allowed ou the Pungaweri river, which leads into the territory claimed by the British South African Company.