BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1143, 26 March 1910, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

BY ELEOIttIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT,. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. KING MENELIK DYING. London, March 24. 'A Reuters telegram says that King Menelik, of Abyssinia, is dying. At his instance, the Empress was deposed and ordered to quit the palace. All the chief have taken the oath of allegiance to the -heir-apparent. HURRICANE AT SUVA. Suva, March 25. A hurricane caused great damage n Suva. Many buildings were wrecked and property was extensively damaged. No particulars have been, yet received from the country. Dimedin, March. 26. Private advices re the Suva hurricane- state that it was one of the most destructive hurricanes .ever experienced there . It .struck Suva at 10.30 on Thursday. The town library was unroofed, and the hulk Sunlight was blown ashore at Land Creek. It is understood that the blow was general throughout the group, and the whole banana crop has been destroyed. SHIPPING. (Received March 26, 9.45 a..) London, March 25. 'Avivedi—Ruahine and; Miatatua, from Wellington; Invertay, from Auckland. Sailed-—Delphic and Nerehana, for Auckland. EULOGY THAT OFFENDED. Cairo, March 25. Egyptian Nationalist papers are attacking Mr Roosevelt on account of hiiS warm praise of British rule in the Soudan. Apprehension is felt that a hostile reception may be accorded Mr Roosevelt at Cairo if he repeats his eulogies when addressing the Egyptian University students on Monday. PROTEST AGAINST ANOTHER ELECTION, London, March 25. The newly-formed Centre Party of Union, of which Lord Cromer, Mα , H. Uox (Liberal member for Preston), Mr Saintloe, and Sir E. Strachey (representative of the Board of Agriculture in the House of Commons) are leading members, has issued a manifesto protesting against another election. The document declares that though the last elecion was inconclusive regarding some questions, it is incumbent on the Government to safeguard the financial interests of the country and national defence. " ' " A MOTOR RECORD. 1f .... . , Sydney, March 26. Mr White, the speed motorist, has established a fresh record in traveliUK from Sydney to Melbourne in 19 hours 47 minutes. RAGING BUSH FIRES. ~

Adelaide, March 26. b leroe bush fires are raging at the owoi- end of Yorke's Peninsula. So tar, 6000 acres of timber have been Destroyed.