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Return of the Contingent.

THE RECEPTION IN SYDNEY. Sydney, June 23. The landing and formal reception ol the New South Wales Contingent, on their return from the Soudan, took place, as had been atranged, this morning ; but the heavy rains, which had been prevalent during the past few days, continued through the night and during the morning, necessitating considerable change in the plans which had been prepared, aud marring to a great extent the success of tue demonstration from a spectacular point of view. The Government of New South Wales had lent great importance to the occasion a public holiday having been gazetted throughout the colony, while the whole available forces ot the colony, to the number of over ,3000 luon, Were ut;l iu the metropolis for the putpiisu of taking part in the ceremony. An immense piocte-siou fui med aud marched to the Pad.ii-.gton Barracks. The streets wete itiit-vi its tii-'iL'iuui.s nt I'Ouplc noiwitlitstiuuluiß Liitj nun, wiij cheered the as they pasted.

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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1699, 26 June 1885, Page 3

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Return of the Contingent. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1699, 26 June 1885, Page 3

Return of the Contingent. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1699, 26 June 1885, Page 3