NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 February 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

(Latest Oabuohams.) English, London, Feb. 15. In the House of Commons to-day, Sir Charles Dilke, Under Secretary for Foreign Map, lp repjy fq a question, stated timt'iiiait 'tlipre' was no fottiidatiofa for the report recently published of a revolt st Herat, in Afghanistan.'

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YppA, Feb. 14, Telegrams from the seat of qpepatioqs in t)ie disturbed provinces are to hani, in ■which the Austrian ooujmander claims that the rising in Bosnia, Dalmatia, and tlie northern part of Herzegovina has virtually collapsed. The southern portion of the last-named province is now stated to alone be the scene of disaffection.

Australian

MURDER AND SUICIDE THROUGH WW: ' gVpNEV, I'di. lp. At Morpeth, on theflunier/ljiver, at 3 o'clock this morning, a man named Charles Grimley shot nt and killed a woman flamed Al)n Pettit, and subsequently cdtnmitfed suiqids. The fiause, is attributed to' jealousy. "

Tipldsh:

CONBf ANTWQPJ|E, |eb, }5. Intelligence has been received that Commander Selby, of H,M,S. Falcon, while shooting near Arfcaki, a town on the southern shore of tho Sea of Marmora, was attacked by several armed men and seriously wounded. The Porte, has, in compliance with the demand of Earl Dufferin, the British Ambassador, ordered that steps should be taken to arrest the authors of the outrage, and with this object a Turkish iroqclad will be despatched without delay to Artaki. Later news states that Commander Greenfield of the Cocatrice, who went to. the assistance of Commander Selby was also severely beaten. . It is now known the outrage was the result of a misunderstanding.