REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1399, 26 March 1881, Page 2

REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. THE GREAT OPERA HOUSE AT NICE DESTROYED. ONE HUNDRED PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH. London, March 24. It is announced that orders have been telegraphed from the Horse Guards to General Sir Frederick Roberts, at the Cape, instructing him to return to England without proceeding to the Transvaal, in accordance with the instructions issued to him on his departure from England. Athens, March 23. ■ M. Couni Ouhdouros, the Premier, made a speech to-day, dealing with the present negotiations for the settlement of the frontier difficulty with Turkey. In the course of his remarks he expressed the opinion that though there was every possibility that Greece Would be compelled to go to war to enforce her rights, an outbreak of hostilities with Turkey was not inevitable, and might be avoided by negotiation. Paris, March 23. The Opera House at Nice was totally destroyed by fire to-night. The conflagration broke out during the performance, and nearly one hundred persons perished in the flames. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS, Melbourne, March 24. The Legislative Council to-night passed a resolution declining to receive the Reform Bill from the Assembly for consideration, on the grounds that the question had already been dealt with during the present session ; and, moreover, because the House was of opinion that the measure should have been initiated in the Council, and not in the Assembly. March 25. The Legislative Assembly, at rising last night, adjourned until Wednesday next. The Age to-day, in A leading article, comments in angry terms upon the action of the Legislative Council, in declining to consider the Reform Bill. The Argus also disapproves of the shelving of the Reform question, and says that the country expects that the same should be decided on its merits. Sydney, March 24. New Zealand oats, per bushel, 2s6d ; maize, per 601 bs., 3s 3d.