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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1720, 14 July 1883, Page 2

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' M 'L, '^ f'LoxDON, July 11. It i« f annonlcoiltliat Mr Childers, actiug on behalf of the British Government, has signed an agreement with Count de Lesseps for the construction of a second canal through the Isthmus of Suez, parallel to the present one. The work is to be completed by 18S8. England^ will provide the required capital of £8, 185,000. The agreement provides for the reduction of tolls levied by the present Canal Company. , ■ July 12In the House of Lords last night, Earl Civnarvon, referring in the course of his speeclvto the proposed au,ne?cation<pf New Guinea, strongly urged the Government ,to accede to the request of the Australian colonies, and declared that the annexation of the island by Great Britain would ultimately be inevitable.

ultimately CApb Town, July 10. ■ Intelligence is to hand from Zululand that a severe engagement has bsen fought between the followers of Cetewayo and tlft>33 of Oliam. The latter were completely defeated, and Oham himself was taken , ,

prisoner. New York, July 10. _ This season's American wheat crop is estimated at 425,000,000 bushels.