LATE DUKE OF FIFE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 31 January 1912, Page 5

LATE DUKE OF FIFE.

DETAILS OF THE ILLNESS

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.

* CAIRO, Jan. 30. The Duke of Fife, accompanied by the Princess Royal and his daughters, left Cairo 'at the end of January to ascend the Nile; in private dahabeahs. His illness caused the journey- to ' be broken at Wady Haifa. His condition had been serious since Friday. ■ The King, aboard the Medina, was constantly informed, receiving bulletins wirelessly. Captain Fitzgerald and the Hon. John Ward have left Cairo for Assoun to assist the Princess Royal in the funeral arrangements. It is understood the body will be brought to England aboard a battleship. The newspapers- pay a tribute to the Duke of Fife's unbending loyalty and probity towards his tenants. He had deep religious- convictions, and was a devoted husband and father.