Natal Native Trouble.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3879, 28 May 1906, Page 3

Natal Native Trouble.

INCITING THE ZULUS TO REBEL. Pietermaritzburg, May 24. Mr Haldane, Minister for War, has placed the Imperial Ordnance Stores in South Africa as far as possible at the disposal of Natal. A rebel emissary was captured in the Transvaal after < ving to persuade the native chicle of Zululand to rise simultaneously. A cordon, of troops has beeu drawn round Ukandhla. They captured many starving rebels. Two hundred and fifty native women and children are being fed at Ukandhla, and 125 others near Greytown. DANGEROUS WORK. Pietermaritzburg, May 25. Colonel Mackenzie’s force, ascend' ing the Mikala mountain by precipitous Kaffir paths winding over the bills and through dongas, destroyed the kraals of Mangodi, Bambaata’s chief lieutenant. Many horses losing their foothold rolled over the steep slopes and were billed. THE SITUATION GROWING SERIOUS. TRIBES RISING. IMPERIAL IROOPS WARNED TO BE READY. London, May 25. Reuter’s Pretoria correspondent reports that the situation in Natal is very serious. Local Imperial troops have been warned to bold themselves in readiness to take tbe field. Zuln spiesjare swarming Pretoria. Parleyiugs for Siganandi’s surrender have proved fruitless owing to the influence of Bambaata’s agents. Colonel McKenzie resumes vigorous operations against Siganandi’s stronghold at Mome. Bambaata, on the 19tb, retreated to the Mkala Mountains, to an unknown destination. Four of bis companions remain at Mome.