NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 24 March 1925

24 MARCH 1925

A new crisis has arisen in Egypt owing to the dissolution of parliament, which had been opened only a few hours earlier by King Fuad. The Ziwar Pasha cabinet resigned following the election of Zaghlul Pasha to the presidency of the chamber, but the King declined to accept their resignation.

The King, in a message to Marchioness Curzon, says that the nation will join with him in mourning the loss of a foremost statesman, and will ever gratefully remember the brilliant and manifold services Lord Curzon rendered during his long and active career under three Sovereigns.

Tributes to the late Marquis Curzon were paid in both Houses of Parliament, the House of Lords, of which he was leader, adjourning as a mark of respect.

The Singapore Naval Base scheme was discussed in the House of Commons during the report stage of Navy Estimates. Disapproving of the project, Mr Ramsay MacDonald moved the reduction of the estimate under review. His proposal was rejected by 280 to 129.

Crops have been damaged by the floods in South Africa.

In an air accident in Transcaucasia, three Soviet officials and two pilots were killed. Four days’ mourning has been proclaimed in the Caucasian Republics.

Two British officers have been killed in an aeroplane accident in Waziristan.

The British steamer Massilia went ashore at Wingate Reef, off Port Sudan. The passengers were safely taken off.