THE MIKADO DEAD.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1506, 31 July 1912, Page 5

THE MIKADO DEAD.

END OF A LONG REIGN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Ike. July .11, 0.15 a.m.) Tokio, July 30. Tho Emperor Mutsuhito is dead. The Empress, throughout his Majesty's illness, was unremitting in her attendance. Successive bulletins indicated tho approach of dentil. Convulsions of the wholo body wero frequent, death following from heart failure. Tho succession of the Crown Prince is announced. 'AUSTRALIAN SYMPATHY. (I?cc. July 01, 1.5 n.m.) Melbourne, July 30. Tho Hous(@)f Representatives lias passed a resolution requesting tho CovoruorGeneral, Lord Demnan, to Iconvey to tho Japanese nation an expression of Australia's sympathy on tho death of tho Mikado. MESSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND. At tho request of the Hon. W. F. Massoy (Prime Minister), his Excellency, tho Governor has forwarded a cable message _to tho Secretary of Stato for tho Colonics, asking him to convey to the Japanese Ambassador in London tho sincere sympathy of tho Government and of tho people of Now Zealand with tho Japanese nation in tho death. of the Mikado. JAPAN CONSUL NOTIFIED. Mr. J. A. Tripo, Acting-Consul at Wellington for Japan, in tho absence of Mr. T. Young, yesterday morning feceivod the following cable messago from Baron Uchida, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan:— "It is my most painful duty to announce to ,s'ou that his Majesty tho Emperor, after a short illness, passed away on July 30 at 0.-13 a.m., at the Imperial Palace," Tokio.—(Signed) Ucliuln." Tho Consul has cabled his condolence at tho death of the Emperor.