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REUTEK'S TELKGR-MS. London, June 28. In the House of Lords to-day the Deceased Wife Sisters Bill was again brought up for consideration, and, on the motion for the third reading, the House divided, and the measure was rejected by a majo/ity of five. The homeward mails, via San Francisco, which left Auckland on May 22nd, were delivered here to-day, four days in advance ot the contract time. Her Majesty has so far recovered from the effects of her resent accident that she is able to walk. It is announced tbat Captain Lonsdale will join Mr H. Stanley in his African expedition. He will be accompanied by one hundred warlike Africans. , The Human Catholic residents of Albania have invited Austrian annexation. ' Alexandria, June 2s. The? cholera epidemic continues to rage at Damietta with unabated vigour. The outbreak has now spread to Tantah, a town of 60,00 ; ) inhabitants, situated 72 miles from Damietta, and at the junction of the Cairo- Alexandria railway. Calcutta, June 28. j Telegrams are to hand from Afghanistan announcing that further fighting has taken place between the Ameer's troops and rebel Shinwarris'. Severe fighting took place between the guard of the convoy and the rebels, resulting in the defeat of the former and the capture of the whole convoy by Shinwarris. Received June 29, 1.5 a.m. London, June 29. The English Consul, who has bsen consulted with regard to the monopoly which it is alleged was ceded by Khedive I to Comte de Lesseps for the construction | of the canal through the Isthmus of Suez, has decided that Comte de Lesseps claim is invalid, and repudiates the idea of the monopoly having been granted. The syndicate of British ship owners, 1 formed for the purpose of carrying out the projected English Suez canal, has therefore decided to persist in tbe promotion of the scheme. Alexandria, June 29. It is expected that stringent sanitary laws will shortly be adopted to localise the outbreak of cholera.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 9, 30 June 1883, Page 2
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