SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.
MURDERS BY NATIVES. CONTEMPLATED ATTACK BY CAPTAIN PLUMMER. HELP FOR THE BESEIGED. Cape Town, June 28. Sixty persons have been murdered by the Mashonas, and 70 others are reported missing. Two thousand Yooangaz have de-. sertecl from the Beira railway works' and it is feared they have joined the rebels. Captain Fiummer. with a strong force, has been despatched to attack a stronghold of the natives at Halda, which is situate about sixty miles from Bulawayo. Reinforcements have been sent to assist the garrison at Fort Charter, where considerable apprehension was caused by the threatening attitude of the natives.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 55, 30 June 1896, Page 3
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102SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS. Hastings Standard, Issue 55, 30 June 1896, Page 3
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