NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume VII, Issue 303, 3 August 1897, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

INDIAN AFFAIRS. Calcutta, July 31. Nightly attacks are being made on the British forces at Malakand, and during the day parties of natives in the hills harass the garrison. They have succeeded in burning the British tents at North Malakand, and the camp there has been abandoned. Earl Elgin, Viceroy of India, is using his power to arrest and deport disloyal persons without trial, and this action is causing a great sensation through the country. Bail has been refused to Bal Sangahar and Tilah Poona. An editor named Kelkan has been arrested and sent to Bombay. SERIOUS FIRE AT CROYDON. Brisbane, July 31. Twelve business places at Croydon have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £25,000. THE JAMESON RAID. London, July 31. In the House of Lords, the Marquis of Lansdowne, replying to a question asked by Lord Carrington, stated that the Government did not intend to restore the commissions of the officers implicated in Jameson’s raid. THE COLONIAL TROOPS. London, July 31. At a banquet tendered by New South Wales residents in England to that colony’s troops, Colonel Hutton, formerly commandant of New South Wales, said the army had much to learn from the colonials in their profession. He expressed the opinion that it would be impossible to find a finer body of men than the colonial troops. The chairman mentioned that Mr Chamberlain would shortly announce a scheme for interchange of forces, a colonial detachment being sent to England and regular troops replacing them in the colonies. Major Lasseter, in command of the New South Wales contingent said his colony was prepared to help to defend any corner of the world. THE LUCKNOW GOLD ROBBERRIES. Sydney, July 81. In connection with the Lucknow gold robberies, Green has been acquitted. The evidence showed the disputed ore was a gift and had been in his possession for years.