NATAL.
THE NATIVE DISTURBANCE. FARMS WRECKED. Received April 5, 6.27 a.m. CAPETOWN, April 4. Bambaata. who is followed by two hundred of tbe worst soum of the country, haß vowed vengeance against the "black dogs"—meaning the loyal natives. Mangaataba (Bambaata's uncle), who was intensely loyal, was wounded before bis capture. Bambaata wrecked two farms, looting rifles and ammunition contained in them. He also ransacked a hotel, and cut tbe telegraph wires. BAMBAATA TAKEN TO THE MOUNTAINS. ONLY A FEW FOLLOWERS ARMED WITH RIFLES. ZULU POLICE TRACKERS ASSISTING IN PURSUIT. Received April 5, 9.55 p.m. LONDON, April 5. Reuter's Durban correspondent reports that Bambaata haa taken to tbe mountains twelve miles northwest. of Greytown. Only a few of his followers are armed with rifles and revolvers. One hundred Zulu police trackers are assisting in tbe pursuit. Five hundred mounted police and volunteers, with several Maxims, are concentrating at Nupanga Umvoti, A MINISTER'S PROTEST. deceived April 5, 8.27 a.m. CAPETOWN, April 4. ' The Rev. Mr Wynne, a Wesleyan minister.in the Volksrufijt, protested against Lord Elgin's mad interference with Natal at a tremendously critical moment.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8113, 6 April 1906, Page 5
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