THE ROYAL TOUR.
REVIEW OF SOUDANESE TROOPS. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.) ' PORT SAID, January 18. Lord Kitchener, Sir Francis Wingate, ajid representatives of the Khedive greeted their Majesties on their return from India". Their Majesties landed arid held a: reception for sheiks and chiefs of the Upper Nile tribes. Many travelledjhunI dreds of miles to be present. The King, in a speech, extolled the*chivalrous Gordon and Tewfik Bey's defence of Sinkat ip. 1884, and said the object of the present administration was to bring the Souldan into closer touch with, civilisation. Their Majesties entrained for Sinkat, and reviewed the Soudanese troops, including 3500 camelry. They witness-, ed native ' dances, and returned to the Medina. ■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12665, 19 January 1912, Page 5
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