GREAT FIRE IN EGYPT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 80, 6 April 1926, Page 7

GREAT FIRE IN EGYPT.

DEATH AND DEVASTATION.

THIRTY-TWO PEOPLE KILLED,

(Received 1.30 p.m.) CAIRO, April 5. A great lire has been raging for 24 hours at Tantah. Thirty-two peopjfc have been killed, 4000 people are homeless, and upwards of 600 dwellings have been destroyed.—(A. and N.Z.)

RIOTS IN CALCUTTA.

TWENTY COMBATANTS KILLED.

UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES,

CALCUTTA, April 5

Details of the Hindu-Moslem riots show that 23 people have died. They include an Indian policeman. Fortyeight other persons were injured and admitted to hospital.

A proclamation has been issued which declares that an assembly of more than five people will now be unlawful. — ("Sun*")

SITUATION EASIER.

(Received 1 p.m.)

DELHI, April 5.

The situation is easier. Collisions between Hindus and Moslems are fewer. Arrests total 300.—(A. and N.Z.)

SPANISH AVIATORS.

FLIGHT TO PHILIPPINES.

(Received 1 p.m.) MADRID, April 5.

Three Spanish aviators, flying in French biplanes, left this morning in an attempt to fly to the Philippines.—(A. and N.Z.)

PRESIDENT OF GREECE.

GENERAL PANGALOS CHOSEN.

ATHENS, April 5.

The Premier, General Pangalos, was yesterday elected President of Greece unopposed.

As the Greek Government rejected a request made by the united political parties for a week's postponement of the election, so that voting would occur throughout Greece on the same day, the parties decided not to take part in the election.

They also withdrew the candidature of their nominee, M. Demerdjis.

It had previously been announced that on the ground that the arrangements for the election were not ready in 23 out of the 33 districts, 'it had been decided to hold the election to-day in 10 districts and in the remainder of the districts a week later. — (Reuter —"Sun.")

TRAGEDY OF ALPS.

WOMAN'S BODY FOUND.

GENEVA, April 5.

The body of Madame Jurewskaia, formerly a Berlin opera singer, has been found in a frozen Alpine stream under

Devil's Bridge, near Andermatt, Switzerland.

Madame Jurewskaia disappeared from her hotel at Andermatt in December.

Guides recovered the body with iceaxes. It was in perfect condition except that the left hand was almost severed from the arm.

It is recalled that a blood-stained razor was found on the river bank after the disappearance of deceased.—(A. and N.Z.)

SKIRTS OF PSYCHE.

THAT GREEK DECREE

ATHENS, April 5.

The Government decree prohibiting short skirts has been cancelled because all women have accepted the inevitable.

The decree closing places of amusement has also been cancelled.— (A. and N.Z.) '

HORSES IN WAR.

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.

LONDON, April 5.

A memorial statuette to the 375,000 horses .of the Empire which fell in the war has been dedicated in the Hanipstead Garden Suburb Church.

The inscription on the memorial reads: "Faithful unto death. Not one of them is forgotten before God."—(A. and N.Z.)