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Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1709, 19 June 1883, Page 2

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• : ' l 'LoN-nW^JitailSJ In the House, of Commons to-d»yt the Hon. Evelyn' Ashley Wder Secrt% tary'for'the Golonics, in replyto a'ques- : tion, stated that despatches had ( now been received from ' the ' Queensland Governmont urging the annexation of New Guinea, but that the- Government f had not yet arrived at a fipal decision on the subject. - - s t - June/17Sir F. D. Bell, the New Zealand Agent-General, had-an interview with M. Cochery, the French Minister for Posts > and Telegraphs, with reference , to, the establishment of a Hue of mail steamers between New Zealand apd French .ports. The result' of the interview has not, however, transpired. The Right Hon. John Bright, in the course of an address to the people of Birmingham, . last- evening, ' strongly advocated the formation of the Channel tunnel, and, also urged the advisability of co-operation w ith France, in the forma- , tion of the projected second Suez Canal It has transpired that Sir Hercules Robinson will shortly return to the Cape, and will remain there until the completion of His term of office. C\pk Tows, June 17, Intelligence is to hand that the British Resident in Zululand has resigned his, position. > ,