BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
[Reuter’s Agency.j The Sculling: Championship. London, Jan. 17. Owing to the large quantity of floating ice on the Thames, the race between Hanlon and Laycock has been postponed till Saturday next. Well Again. Mr Gladstone has recovered from the cold from which he was recently suffer. ing. A Drawn Came. Further news to hand from Central Asia states that the Turcomans recently made an unsuccessful sortie from Geok being heavily repulsed by the Russians, who then stormed the outworks. The conflict was most sanguinary, and resulted in heavy loss to both sides.
t Frantic Efforts of the Porte. Constantinople, Jan. 17,
The Porte has sent a circular note to its representatives abroad requesting them to propose to the Powers that the latter should send delegates to a Conference at Stamboul to negotiate for the settlement of the Greek frontier question. The Porte desires that the Con. ference should be held in lieu of arbi-. tration, as proposed by the Powers.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2445, 19 January 1881, Page 3
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163BRITISH AND FOREIGN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2445, 19 January 1881, Page 3
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