REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 1554, 20 September 1881, Page 2

REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. London, September 17. The Irish Land League Convention at Dublin has now closed its sittings. The whole tone of the Convention was violently anti-English. At the final sitting it was resolved to submit cases to the Irish Land Commission to test the working of the Land Act, and it was further decided to take measures to protect Irish industries. Washington, September 17. The latest bulletin from Long Branch reports that the President has suffered another relapse, and that symptoms of blood poisoning have set in. The President’s condition is pronounced to be precarious. Calcutta, September IS.

Telegrams to hand from Afghanistan report that the Ameer, whose army is posted in a strong position in the neighborhood of Candahar, is endeavoring to join issue with Aydub iChan, and with this view is daily engaged in attempting to draw Ayoub into a pitched battle. Up to the [tresent, however, Ayoub has declined to accept the Ameer's challenge, and bis troops remain in a state of inaction. News to hand further announce that a body of Cabnlese, who fotmed part of Ayouh’s force, have deserted from Candahar.

Paris, September 16. Telegrams have been received from Tunis announcing that the necessary repairs to the city aqueduct have been completed, and the water famine now is ended.

LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Brisbane, September 19. Mr Skuthorpe again insists that he possesses relics of the Leichhardt expedition, and offers to deliver them to the New South Wales Government on the payment of a considerable sum.