COLONIAL DEFENCES.
SPJSCIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION (ELECTHIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.) London, April 19. • ■ Admiral Tryon has been directed to visit the several Australian Colonies to confer with., the authorities on the subject of their defences. ••'■' ; j ;' 1 1 April 20. Mr Gladstone states that an honorable settlement of- the Afghan difficulty is probable. General Kdmaroff admits having received the news of the agreement between England and Russia before the 28th March. It is officially asserted that the Ameer of Afghanistan would rather abandon Penj-Deh to Russia than permit the British army to occupy Herat, and yet the Ameer stated on Friday that he would never surrender an inch. Troops from Candahar will reinforce Herat. General Dondoukoff has been ordered to advance from Sarakhs and pursue his march close to Herat. A number of torpedoes have been procured m Germany.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 116, 22 April 1885, Page 3
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