SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
[beoter's telegrams.] NEW GUINEA. London, December 20. Sir F. J. Garrick is pressing Mr. Stanhope to mention definite acceptable conditions with regard to the administration of New Guinea. HOMEWARD MAILS DELIVERED. London, December 20. The homeward mails, per Orient's Garonne, from Melbourne on November 12, were delivered in London to day. THE NEW HEBRIDES. London, December 21. The Agents-General of the Australian colonies have unitedly expressed themselves in favour of the English and French Governments assuming a joint jurisdiction over the New Hebrides. A MADAGASCAR LOAN. Paris, December 21. A Madagascar loan has been contracted with the Comptier de Paris on the security of the Customs revenue of that island. THE SUEZ CANAL. ' London, December 20. The agreement for the widening of the Suez Canal has been concluded, and Baron De Lesseps is at present in Egypt making arrangements for carrying out the work. The width of the canal from Port Said to the Bittern Lakes will be 34 meters, thence to Suez 65 meters.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7827, 22 December 1886, Page 5
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