INDIA AND THE EAST.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4173, 3 July 1875, Page 3

INDIA AND THE EAST.

Ceylon, June 6 th. . Co'onel Hamilton, while pursuingpDacoits, ■ near Pegne, was shot through the heart, and Davidson, the BistrictSnperintendent, with ' his orderly, have been wounded by a collision on the Ganges State Railway, when twelve persons were killed, and ten severely '^rheßarodaiiffairhaa beenpeaceably settled ■bytheselectiou of a young Khandeisb. Prince. Affairs with Burinah remain still m an unsettled state, but it is quite unprepared ;for war, and cannot persist in its annoying -attitude towards the British Government. The Russians are busy projecting railway extension in Central Asia, and it n said, they will soon be in a position to threaten Afghanistan through Herat,, if so inclined. The trade with Tartary and China is on the decline. A host of newspaper correspondents, including l)r Kussell and Mr Archibald Forbes, are expected to accompany the Prmce of "Wales. A great influx of visitors is also anticinated. . __ ;. { A plague in raging ia Persia. Native L^ ladies are admitted as medical students in Calcutta. . . . It is rumoured that the Australian Colo juies unitedly request that they may be favoured with a visit from the Prince of Wales, and Flying Squadron, while in the East, If the vsit was paid via Singapore •and Hongkong, the heir apparent would •carry home a proper idea of the British .Eastern and Australian posessions.