SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
[BY CABLE.J
[keuter's tei/egrams.]
ANOTHER IRISH MURDER. .. ': Londok, July 31. Telegrams have been. received from Ireland reporting that Mr. Swanton, landlord of Ballydital estate, was shot yesterday. The police are making enquiries into the matter. TJp to the present time they have found no trace of the murderers. *. , KANDAHAR. ENDANGERED. ' Calcutta, August 1. News has been received from Kandahar to the effect that shortly after the battle of Karezillaryer, Ayoub Khan .marched northward with all his forces, and has arrived before the • city of Kandahar.
AFFAIRS IN SOUTH AFRICA.' Cape Tows, July 30. Telegrams from Pretoria announce that Mr. Hudson, Colonial Secretary of the Transvaal, has been appointed to the position of .British Resident under the terms of the convention agreed to •between the Royal Commission and the Boers. ■ -
News to hand from Zululand is that a-claimant to the chiefatinship with; 4000 partisans is endeavouring to destroy the presentarrangements for the government of the country. Mr. John Dunn, the British resident, has communicated with the Imperial Government regarding the position of affairs, and only awaits permission to send a strong force to attack the insurgent chief and his followers. . ' Cape Towx, July 31. , Telegrams are to hand fromPre-' toria announcing that the final negotiations between • the Royal Commissioners and the Boer leaders were satisfactorily completed yesterday (Saturday).
PRESIDENT GARFIELD. "Washington, July 30. President Garfield continues to progress satisfactorily. He is now able to take solid food, and his complete recovery is believed to be assured. SHIPPING. [PER MERCHANT SHIPPING AND UNDERWRITERS, ASSOCIATION.") London, July 30. Arrived : Ship Lord of Lome, from Lyttelton, on April 28. LoNDOir, July 31. Arrived: The ship Romeo, from Lyttelton, on April 22; and Orient Company's steamship Chimborazo, with the Australian and New Zealand mails from Melbourne, on June 14.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6149, 2 August 1881, Page 5
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