THE PANAMA CANAL.
Received February 6, 9.30 a.rr. Vl NEW YORK, February 5.~ Fearing that tenderers would ask fabulous sums to rocovei' 4 uuforseen contingencies, tenders for the contracts for digging the Panama Canal will not be invited until the surveys are completed in 1903.
A LOCK CANAL.
Received February 6, 10.40 p.m. NEW YORK, February 6. Though the majority of the consulting engineers favoured a sea level for the Panama Canal, President Roosevelt referred the reports to a Commission which advises a look canal on tbe ground of cheapness and rapidity of construction.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7957, 7 February 1906, Page 5
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94THE PANAMA CANAL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7957, 7 February 1906, Page 5
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