REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1513, 3 August 1881, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. London, August 1. In the House of Gommons this afternoon, a question was put to the Secretary of State for India, with regard to the present position of a hairs in Afghanistan. In reply, the Marquis of Hartington said that the Indian Government had no intention of assisting the Ameer Abdurrahman,in his struggle with Ayoub Khan. Subsequently, in reply to another

question, the Secretary of State for India stated that the British Government would oppose any attempt on the part of any foreign power to interfere in the affairs of Aghanistan. In the House of Commons to-day, a scene of disorder occurred. Mr Parnell was suspended for the remainder of the sitting for using offensive language and defying the Speaker. It is feared that there will be a revival of obstruction to the business of the House by Irish members. Calcutta, August 1. News has been received from Candahar, to the effect that, shortly after the battle of Kaziz Allayer, Ayoub Khan marched northward, with all his forces, and has arrived before the City of Oandahar. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, August 2. A fresh case of small-pox has been reported to-day to the Health Board. The sufferer is a riian named Parka, residing in the suburb of Alexandria. A boy residing in Barker’s lane, in the city, is also believed to be. attacked, but the case is not yet authenticated. Tiie foundation stone of the statue of Her Majesty the Queen was laid today by Prince Albert Victor of Wales, in an enclosure opposite St. James’s Church, in the presence of his Excellency, the Right Hon. Lord Augustus Loftus and suite, and many metnbex’s of the Legislative Council and Assembly. 20,000 children from the schools in the city were present, and it is estimated that fully 70,000 spectators were on the ground.

Melbourne, August 2. Mr Marcus Clark, sub-librarian of the. Melbourne Public Library, and a well-known author, died, aged 34. Sailed—Hero, for New Zealand.