THE NATAL RISING.
THE DISTURBANCE SPREADING. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CAPETOWN, March 16. (Received March 16, at 11.23 p.m.) Messini Swaymana brought lo Colonel Leuchar's camp 120 natives, 50 of whom were present at the Richmond affray, where a police force was attacked, and the remainder the fathers of the men implicated in the attack. Messini declares that the sons are hiding. All the fathers have been detained until their sons are brought in.
There is some alarm in the Unsinga district, Natal. A native induna, after warning a clergyman of impending danger, fled, fearing arrest. He and some armed followers are hiding in inaccessible klonfs on the Buffalo River. The chief Umbubula, of Eorke's Drift, lias assembled his followers in the vicinity of Eorke's Drift. After arming the majority, he is collecting the women, children, and stock.
The Daily News remarks on the significance of the extension of the disturbance, as it brings the movement almost within the sphere of the Zulus.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13544, 17 March 1906, Page 7
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162THE NATAL RISING. Otago Daily Times, Issue 13544, 17 March 1906, Page 7
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