BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
[Reuter’s Agency.] The Protos Shipment. London, Sept 3. The mutton brought to this market in the steamship Proto? is being sold at an average of 6}l per lb. England and the Colonies. Sir Stafford Nortlicote made a speech to-day at Sheffield, in the course of which he took occasion to emphasise the importance of maintaining the existing union between England and her colonies. Conservative Victories. The election for a member for North Durham, which took place to-day, resulted in the return of Mr Elliott, a Conservative candidate, in room of Lieut. Col. Joicy, deceased, Liberal tive. James Rowter, a Conservative, has been elected for North Lincolnshire by a large majority, in the room of the deceased Liberal member, R, Laycock/ Afghanistan. Calcutta. Sept. 2. The latest telegram received by the Government of India reports that Ayoub Khan was, on April 30, still in the neighborhood of the city of Candahar, and had made no movement towards opposing the advance of the Ameer sforce from Khelat-i-Ghilzia.
A Discontented Army. Alexandria, Kept. 2. In consequence of the serious discontent which recently manifested itself in the Egyptian army, and in view of a possibility of disturbances occurring, Mr E. B. Malet, C. 8., the British Minister at Cairo, has sent a mission to the Tultau, asking that Turkish troops and war vessels should be despatched to this country in the event of an outbreak occurring. Drought in America. New York, Sept. 2, A severe drought is now being experienced throughout the States, and is proving of serious consequence in pastoral and agricultural districts. The want of rain is also being felt in Canada, where the dry weather has resulted in most destructive forest lives. Numerous farms have been burnt, and farming stock and crops have been destroyed. Germany and the Vatican. Berlin, Sept. 3. The evidences recently apparent of a possible resumption of friendly relations between the German Government and the Vatican, have now' assumed a more definite character. It has transpired that negotiations with regard to the positian of Church and State in Germany, which w r ere some time back
suspended, have now been reopened, and are expected to result in the permanent restoration of diplomatic relations between the Imperial Government and the Holy See.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2639, 5 September 1881, Page 2
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377BRITISH AND FOREIGN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2639, 5 September 1881, Page 2
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