ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
London, May 20. Xno Standard states that Russia claims Geruk, a town about 110 miles from Penjdeh in a north easterly direction. She also objects to England fortifying Herat, and requires that the Afghan frontier shall remain unfortified. The Ameer has sent a heavy battery of artillery to Herat May 21. It is believed that the retention of the Guards for orders at Alexandra is in some way connected with the negotiations now in progress between England and Russia on the Afghan frontier question. It is understood that the New South Wales Contingent will not proceed direct to Australia, but that the transports will call at Aden to receive any further orders that may be necessary. The Standard to-day, referring to the Afghan question, states that several new claims have been advanced by Russia to points in the disnuted territory.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1213, 29 May 1885, Page 3
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143ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. Dunstan Times, Issue 1213, 29 May 1885, Page 3
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