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'jsN OTACO MAJOR'S REPORT. "v|elL" MYSTERY UNFOUNDED. BRITISH READY TO GIVE TURKS ] ALL JHEY V/ANTED. 1 UNITED PEKSS ASSOCIATION. .. | (Received 9.0 a.m.). Sydney, February o. i|ajor McClyxnont. wtio has arrived en jroute for New Zealand, declared thai the behaviour of the troops in Egtfpt was quite The stories of. a couple of men having been murdered for tearing the veils . off i woiien, were absolutely untrue.' .The trocjps were having a good .time, but were -anxious for real work to begin. The* organisation of .the British and Australasian camps was splendid, and the'wo'vk was proceeding with the utmost smoothness. The. Turkish army was not taken" seriously, .the general . opinion being they were not-, keen to • fight. Anyhow, the British were ready to {live them all they wanted.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 29, 5 February 1915, Page 6
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128Australia Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 29, 5 February 1915, Page 6
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