THE NIGER TERRITORY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6122, 8 March 1898, Page 2

THE NIGER TERRITORY.

COLONEL M'OALLUM'S EXPEDITION. United Press Association— By EleotrioTelefrnipli— Copyright. .■-. ' Received March 8, 9 a.m. ; . !./..' . LONDON, Masch ?." Colonel M'Callum, the Governor of Lagoß, who is now in the Hinterland, is proceeding to, Okuta and Otuu in the Borgu country. PARIS, Mabch 7. Le Temps asserts that the object of Colonel M'Callum's movements is to isolate the French posts at Kbni, Keinna and Naraku. It adds that this will have the effect of aggravate ing the situation, and will involve the risk of a conflict between the British and French in West Africa. Boceived March 8, 9 25 a.m. LONDON, March 7. The sittings of the Anglo-French Delimitation Commission have been discontinued in consequence of the illness of French members of the commission. ZANZIBAR, Mabch 7. A cyclone devastated the Comoro group of islands, and many of the inhabitants were killed. [The Comoro Islands are a volcanic group situated in the Mozambique Channel; the population, about 65,000. compr^ahig Arabs, Malagasies and negroes. The islands are very fertile in tropical productions. One of them, Mayobte, is a French possession, and the others form a French protectorate.]