THE KING IN EGYPT.
RECEPTION AT PORT SAID, / . SPEECH BY HIS MAJESTY. By Tel«ero,Dh— Press Association—OoDyrlehl (Roc. January ID, 1.15 a.m.) '■■ Port Said, January 18. n Lord Eitchener, Sir Francis Wingale, " and representatives of the Khedive, greet- '• ed the King and Queen, who landed and '" held a reception of the Sheiks and chiefs e of tho Upper Nile tribes, many of whom travelled a hundred miles in order to be '" present. t The King made a speech extolling the 9 chivalrous character of General Gordon '" and Tewfik Bey's defence of Sinknt in s 1881. He said the object of the present j administration was to bring the Sudan e into closer touch with civilisation. 0 Their Majesties entrained for Sinkaf, 1 where they reviewed tho Sudanese troops, * including 3500 cavalry. They also wit- ._ nessed some native dances, and then re[i turned to the Medina, s =-—————
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1341, 19 January 1912, Page 5
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