EUROPEAN CABEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5917, 3 November 1880, Page 5

EUROPEAN CABEGRAMS.

[I'Eli *.*. TE ANAI7, AT KCSSELL.] London, October 26. In consequence of Triekett and Blackmail's failing to agree upon important details, the match between them for £.100 aside has fallen through. The principal obstacle was the date upon which the match would be rowed. Immediately that it became known the match between Triekett and Blackmail had fallen through, a challenge was issued on behalf of Layeock to vow Blackmail again on the Thames. Blackmail's friends, however, are desirous that he should compete for the championship, and require time to consider whether lie will accept Laycook's challenge. Several influential colonists in London, and others interested in the progress of the colonies and the question of food supply, have taken active steps to have the capabilities of the Australian colonies for the supplying of fresh meat and other food, brought prominently before the people of England. With this object, they contemplated holding an exhibition of Australian fresh food in London next year. The promotion of the movement is likely to succeed, and it is thought will tend to expedite the growth of business in the food supplies from Australia to England.

The latest news from South Africa is of an alarming character. Reports have been received of the massacre of white people by the natives of Natal, and the position of the colonists and the troops is daily becoming more critical. Assistance from England is urgently required. The Kurds, whose predatory deeds lately have laid waste a great deal of property in Persia and Armenia, have besieged the Persian town ol Urugyn. A great force have also proclaimed theirindependunce of Turkey. Healy, who accompanied l'arnell on his American tour, has been arrested at Cork for using seditious language, and inciting the populace to revolt. London, October 24. Cruel outrages upon process servers and landlords' agents who are obnoxious to the Land League continue in Ireland, and are more frequent than ever in some districts. The law is completely set at defiance unless supported by a strong armed force. The squadron assembled at Kagusa representing the various Powers consists altogether of 20 vessels, carrying 13G guns and 13,000 men. Bombay, October S. From General Primrose's report, it appeai'3 that he might have sent General Burrows reinforcements on the 23rd of July, but for some unexplained reasons he did not, although convenient. The Commander-in-Chief indicates that he did not consider General Primrose free from blame. His chief conclusions appear to be that General Burrows had to right a most desperate battle, in which he was vastly overmatched, under the most unfavourable circumstances —namely, defective information, and the action having been commenced by Lieutenant McLean without authority, and fought on the ground deliberately chosen, and with the enemy wholly unreeonnoitered. The 66th Regiment of Europeans behaved like downright heroes. General Primrose has been recalled, and is succeeded by General Phayre in command at Kandahar.