THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.
(PbeElectbio Telegraph. — Copyright. ) (Reutbr's Agency.) PReceived 11.50 a.m., Maroh 14th.] Sooakim, March 13. Lieutenant General Sir Gerald Graham, commanding the expedition to operate in the direction of Berber, and his staff, and a battallion of Grenadier Guards, hare arrived at this port. [Eeoeivea 10.30 a.m., Maroh 15th.l Sydney, March 14. GoTernment have received a telegram from tha Agent-General stating that nearly the whole of General Graham's force has now reached Souakim, and that it will number altogether about twelve thousand men including the N*ew South Wales contingent. (Received 0.50 a.m., Maroh 16tb.) London, March 14. In the House of Commons to-day a vote was passed granting £20,000 to the family of the late General Gordon. The motion was carried without debate. The Committee appointed to undertake the formation of a national memorial to the late General Gordon recommend the ereotion of a hospital at Port Said.
Cairo, March 14. . -Zebhrat Pasha having been suspected of communicating with the Mahdi, has been arrested and conveyed on board H. M.S. Iris at Alexandria.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3266, 16 March 1885, Page 2
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174THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN. Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3266, 16 March 1885, Page 2
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