FIFTY YEARS AFTER.
V ; MUTINY /VETERANS. ■■■. BT TELEGRAM—r-RESS ASSOCIATION— COPTRrGH'Si . ; , .■.;.' London, December 23. ' ~ Sevon hundred officors and men, veterans of- the Indian -mutiny campaign of 1857, dined at tho lAlbort) Hall to-day, in coramomoration of the exciting time. ' ' Tho dinner was organised by the " Daily _ Telegraph," the officials cf Office ■and Admiralty co-operating. Lord Robert* proaided. •"" . '•' ' ' . ' : .MESSAGE.FROM THE KING. , •' '.;.. -i (Rec. Dcc-25, 10.9 a.m.) . . . , ; . .; London, December 24, , Six hundred'; and ; Indian Mutinjj veterans, who wore -unable' to participate in the Albert Hal],- celobrationj received Christ-f mas'hampers.'.'•:•"■■-.■ . ■■■""•-.■ . y V -, : .Lord Roberts read King' Edward's message expressing,gratification that'there aro'. sr many surviyovs on : the present mtere'sting occasion! His Majesty expresses corifidenc» ~, '.hat the whole Empire deeply appreciates th& ■ conspicuous services'and gallantry and en--duranco which,, under Providence, saved the Indian Empire' from grave peril.' , . ' LorU Minto, Viceroy >of India, and Lori/ Kitchener, Commandcr-in-Chicf in ludia< ;sp,n]t; thoir felicitations.' r - ' ■ - ; . \ _LoKLr(Ur7/Qn._former!.Y .Viceroy of I.ndiv arid Lord Roberts delivered addresses.. ■ '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 78, 26 December 1907, Page 5
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