BRITAIN IN EGYPT
SOUND ADMINISTRATION The fact that Egypt had not appealed for a public loan since 18S5, except for a small loan for the adjustment of farm mortgages in Htti, was evidence of the soundness 01 British administration in that country, said Mr. J. 1. Craig, Commissioner for Customs, and economic consultant to the Egyptian Government, in an address to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce. The British record in Kgypt was one to lie proud of, the speaker said. From its first association with the country, Great Britain had victod in the interests of the people. iShe had rescued Egypt from the chaos of revolution against Turkish domination, and fjom the disastrous ell'ects of corrupt administration.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23097, 23 July 1938, Page 14
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