Expected Mortality in Summer,

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 97, 11 April 1885, Page 6

Expected Mortality in Summer,

New York, Mar B.— The " Sun's " London cable says: —The croakers in the military clubs predict that there will be fearful mortality in the British troops in the Soudan during the coming summer, and they point out in support of their prediction that typhoid fever is already raging at Korti, The medical exports assert, however, that there is no reason why the troops should not remain in good health if the stations for their encampment are wisely selected at suitable points along the Nile, j and if work is done during the comparatively cool hours of the morning and evening. A society it now forming xn London, i under the patronage of several members oi the nobility, for the purpose of supplying; the soldiers with books, newspapers, ap- 1 paratus for field sports, and material for j theatricals. London, March 7. — The advance from Suakim beyond Sinkat will not be made until autumn. The intention is to encamp the main body at Sinkat during the hot weather, the site selected being 4,000 feet above the sea level and three days' journey from Suakim. A successful battle with Osman DLjna will have to be fought before the camp can be safely established. Ur.der-Secretary Fowler sent a letter to his constituents at Wolvtrhampton defend* ing the purchase of American pumping engines for tho Berber railway, on the ground that the contracting firm had experience in supplying the pumps wanted and had a number ready for shipment. Tenders will bo issued to English firms for pumping machinery for the remainder of tho line. General Wolseley proposes constant change of position of the troops on the Nile. Enteric disease is rife among the men at Korti. The health of General Brackonbury's and General Buller's men, doing active work, is splendid.