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NEW SOUTH WALES TROOPS FOR SOUDAN. THE PRESS ON THE SPLENDID OFFER. MORE OFFICERS AND MEN FORTHCOMING. (Received February 16, noon.) Sydney, February 16. The acceptance of the colony’s offer of troops for Egypt has evoked extraordinary enthusiasm. Only one battery of artillery is required. The Agent-General wires that the force must be placed absolutely under the General Commanding, and that it must call at Aden for instructions. The local press comment favorably on the splendid offer.
The steamship Iberia is to be ready om the 18th inst. to convey the men. A patriotic fund has been established, and numerous offers of men and money are forthcoming.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2635, 16 February 1885, Page 2
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