FIFTY YEARS AGO
TROUBLE IN ZULULAND The possibility of a Zulu rebellion was causing anxiety hall a century ago. as can be seei from the following extract i'roni the N'tnv Zk.vi.ani) Hkk.u.d ol November 4, 3887: "There are not wanting imlieaiions or approat liinu tiouble ami probable war in Zululand. On October -1 that country irn, reported to be in a ver.v disturbed condition, and the (3cii Dragoons. stationed at Natal,' • received orders to proceed to Zululaiul to overawe King Dinizulu, who had given signs of a disposition to commence, hostilities. "On November 1 it was telegraphed from Durban that Dinizulu having refused to obey the summons of Sir Arthur Havelock to meet him. the latter hail advanced upon Dini/.ulif;■ retreat. aiKl that lighting wa.s expected to take place. Any hour may therefore bring news of hostilities Inning once more broken out in that country which more 4 han any other related to the I'-HJI" 1 lias been the theatre of blunders**;"!" disasters which, though ultimately succeeded by victory, for a time impaired She prestjae-of-Smtieh - |tuwUi>
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22877, 4 November 1937, Page 8
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