TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. THIRD EDITION.
Fever-Smitten Troops. Raised to the Peerage. [Reuter'b Telegrams.] FKeoeiTed Nor t, at 11 a.m."! ALEXANDRIA, Nor. 7. In reply to his request to be informed upon what grounds tho Egyptian Government refused to permit him to resume his seat in the Council of Ministers, M. Bredif has been informed by Oherif Pasha, President of the Council, that as Sir Auckland Colvin, the British Controller- General of Egyptian Finances, now abstains from taking his seat at the Council, it is deemed inexpedient to admit a French representative to the meeting of Ministers. The health of the British troops now stationed in Egypt is at the present time far from satisfactory. Fever in various forms is exceedingly prevalent in the ranks, and the number of men on the sick list is daily increasing. LONDON, Nov. 7. It is officially announced that Sir Garnet Wolseley has been raised to the peerage of Great Britain, under the title of Baron Wolseley of Cairo.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4537, 8 November 1882, Page 3
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