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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1785, 13 December 1883, Page 2

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(Received December 12, 11.40 ».m.) Banquet to Dr Barry. London, December 1]: Dr Barry, Bishop-elect of Sydney, Now South Wales, was entertained at a, banquet at Worcester last evening. Sir Saul Samuel. Agent General kv London for New South Wales, was among the guests.

(Received December, 12, 3.30 p.m.) New Zealand University Degrees. 1 London, December 'if. To-day's Gazette contaiu's au 'order, announcing that degrees conferred by the University of New Zealand will be recognised in England, and throughout the British colonies

The War in the Soudan. - > Cvmo, December 11. The Arab liillmeu are mustering in hrge numbers in the neighbourhood of Souakim, and it is expected that they will make a night attack upon the garrison and town. H.VF. gun vessel Ranger, now cruising off the coast, is .attacking the rt'bels with rocket fire with a view of preventing their approach against the town.

The Jews in Hungary. Bud A Pksth, December 11. At to-day's sitting of the Hungarian House of Magnates, a bill for legalising intermarriage of members of the Christian and Jewish faiths was thrown out.

The Calcutta Exhibition. Calcutta, December 11. The various Courts at the International Exhibition are now nearly completed. The Exhibition is u great success. Ninety thousand persons have already been admitted, and the number of visitors is increasing daily.