BRITISH EAST AFRICA.
TROUBLE .WITH THE NATIVES. THREE NEGROES FLOGGED. Prott Association—By Telegraph—Copyii»hs, LONDON, March 15. Owing to tlio lack of police protection, the natives at Nairobi, in British ]£ast Africa, insulted several white women. Captain Groga-ii, president of the- Colo« nists' Association, with two other Europeans, publicly flogged three negroes outside the. courthouse, despite the magistrate's protest. The unrest is increasing, and amis have been issued to the Europeans. March 16. ' (Received March 17, at 4.28 p.m.) s Arrangements aro in progress to send to Nairobi a small force of white police. The East-Africa Protectorate, which is administered by a Commissioner and Con-sul-General, is divided into districts, each under a Sub-Commissioner. Ono of the districts is Ukamba, of which Nairobi is tho capital. The military forces consist of tho 3rd or East African battalion of tho King's African Rifles. There is also an. armed native police force about 1600 strong:..
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13854, 18 March 1907, Page 5
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