Egypt

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 10, 13 January 1915, Page 5

Egypt

NEW ZEALANDERS AT CAIRO. “SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.’’ Tiuin and Sydney Sun Bibviom. London, January 12. Hon. Thos. Mackenzie (New Zealand’s High Commissioner), addressing the New Zealanders at Cairo, said Lord Kitchener had sent them to Egypt for the purposes of training and of guarding the Canal, which some called the greatest link of the Imperial chain. Ho paid a special tribute to the London contingent, and said the splendid New Zealand force quite fulfilled his prophecy made at the late Queen Victoria’s celebrations, that if the Empire were ever threatened, New Zealanders would stand shoulder to shoulder with the soldiers of the Motherland.

“BANJO” PATTERSON WITH THE NEW ZEALANDERS . DRILL, DRILL, DRILL. [Unxtkd Peeks Association.] Sydney, January 12. “Banjo” Patterson, the Herald’s commissioner with the Expeditionary Force, says there was~grGat excitement aboard the transports when orders were issued to get ready to disembark in Egypt, for they expected to remain aboard for weeks yet. He mentions that the expedition was officially informed that the Turks had put up a gun in the Red Sea, with a view of blowing the convoy out of the water, but a force from Aden chased them off and captured the gun. As they passed through the Canal the camps of the Indian troops stretched along the banks welcomed the Australasians cordially. The voyage was one continuous drill, drill, drill. 11 MIGRATION BILL TO BE ' VETOED.

(Received 12.10 p.m.) Washington, January 12. President Wilson has decide to veto the Immigration Bill because of the insertion of the literary test. ADVANCE ON SUEZ CANAL. Timxb and Stdnbt Sun Sbhviom. London, January 12. Ottoman leaders in Syria, inspired by the Germans, seem to have decided to attempt the advance on Suez Canal, and are massing great forces and immense supplies, but the projected .movement westward is very slow.