In Egypt

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 18, 13 January 1915, Page 5

In Egypt

THE NEW ZEALAND FORCES. WHY STATIONED IN EGYPT. Times an 1 Sydney Sun Services. d< ( eived 12, 5.20 p.m. London, January 12. Hon. Thou. McKenzie, addressing the New Zcalanders 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. He paid a special tribute to the London contingent, and said the splendid New Zealand force quite fulfilled Lis prophecy made at the late ()ueen Victoria's celebrations, that if the Empire were ever threatened, New Zcalanders would stand shoulder to shoulder with the soldiers of the Motherland. ABOARD OUR TROOPSHIPS. ONE CONTINUOUS DRILLING. THE CONVOY THREATENBD. Received 12, 7.19 p.m' Sydney, January ,12. •'Banjo" Patterson, the.Herald's commissioner with tile Expeditionary Force, says there was great 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 ehosed them oil and captured the gun. As they passed through the Canal the camps of the Indian troops stretched along the banks welcomed tl«j Australasians cordially. The voyage was one continuous) drill, drill, drill.