IN EGYPT.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 4 January 1917, Page 5

IN EGYPT.

HAIG'S CONGRATULATIONS. Received 11-45. CAIRO, Jan 3. ' Field Marshal Haig has telegraphed to General Murray his congratulations at the great success at El Arish. Hope ful New Year wires were exchanged, with all the Expeditionary Forces. EXONERATED. Received 8.25. s■***¥' OTTAWA, Jan 3. The Inquiry Board exonerated the Canadian War Medical Services of Colonel Brace's charges in connection with whi&li Sir S. Hughes, Minister of Defence, fe^fened. THE PEACEFUL, PRAYERFUL HUN. -M LONDON, Jan/ 3. /' '^fe- e well-known German pastor, Phi? X lipp-/ composed the following New Year prayer: "Praise God that war came. Praise God that peace has not yet eome, because only war can achieve the salivation of the German people. ,}