REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1016, 2 January 1880, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

♦ [NEW ZEALAND PRESS AS&OCrATION.] LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. London, December .31. It now transpires that none of the passengers of the Edinburgh and Dundee train, which fell through the Tay bridge, were sa-ved. There were in all ninety victims. The gap in'the bridge was half a mile long. The actual cause of the collapse of the structure is unknown. An official inquiry is to foe held. The Imperial Governmant has adhered to the Suez mail time table as already fixed. AFGHANISTAN. London, December 27. The latest news from Afghanistan states that the proclamation of the Jehad is arousing the wildest fanaticism. Col. Tyler and other officers at Candahar have been wounded by fanatics running muck. The Afghans have attacked General Roberts, and the British troops routed the enemy with great slaughter before General Gough arrived. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, December 29. Two New Caledonian convicts made a desperate attempt to rob a jeweller on his way homeward with a bag of valuables on Saturday night. They stuffed his mouth and eyes with ciyenue. He resisted sturdily, c'ear'ed his mouth aud cried for help. Two men approached, and both his assailants were captured, one after a long run. The steamer Agnes Irving was wrecked at Macleay Heads. She was insured for £9OOO. Melbourne, December 29. The Victoiiau Government suggests that tVe Suez mails should leave Melbourne a day later, leaving Adelaide on Mondays instead of Sundays. The wheat crop has failed at the Cape. Twenty thousand tons of wheat flour is required. Imported wheat is quoted at 27s per 200il>s.