OBSEQUIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 816, 13 May 1910, Page 5

OBSEQUIES.

THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. London, May 11. When tho body of the. late Kinj' reaches Westminster Hall it will be received : by members- of the Houses of Lords and Commons; Tho Archbishop of ' Canterbury and Primate (the Most Kcv. Dr. Davidson) and the Bishop of London (the Right Rev. Dr. Ingram) will then conduct a short eervice. In order to suit the convenience of the working classes,.. tho lying-in-state commences at 6 o'clock in the morning and closes at 10 o'clock at night. King George and' Queen Mary met the Dowager-Empress of Russia (sister of Queen Alexandra) and the Grand Duke Michael (who will represent the Tsar at the funeral obsequies) on their arrival in London, and accompanied them to Buckingham Palace, where the DowagerEmpress met the Queen Mother. , The Duke of Connaiight (brother of the lati» King Edward) and party ,hava reached Naples on their waj- to England. (Rec. May 12, 10.25 p.m.) . Memorial services in Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and St. Margaret's (Westminster) will be held simultaneously, oq the day of the funeral. "', . New York, May 12. Tho New York Stock Exchange will bo closed for two hours' on the morning of King Edward's funeral.