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London, Sept. 27. Viscount Mountmorria has been shot dead in his carriage at Donburn. Meetings have been held at Kilrush and New Ross in Ireland at which Mr Parnell declared the only solution of the Irish question was ownership of the land, and urged a complete organisation in that direction. The sailing of the combined fleet from Raerusa to Dulcigno is postponed until Wednesday. [Special to the Melbourne Argus."] (Per Tararua at the Bluff.) London, September 18. Instructions have been given by the In dian Government for holding an enquiry into the circumstances attending the disaster which befel tbe brigade under command of General Burrows. The Indian press considers that General Primrose, who commanded at Candahar, was chiefly responsible for despatching too weak a force to check Ayoub Khan's advance, but it is stated that the movement was made in accordance with express instructions from the Commander-in-Chief at Simla. Ayoub Khan has crossed the Helmund on the road to Herat, but it is believed that the Heratees will refuse him admission, which will force him to take refuge in Persia. The report of an outbreak at Herat, in which the Governor of that place was said to have been murdered, is not confirmed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 230, 28 September 1880, Page 2
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