Death of the Queen.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 31 January 1901, Page 4

Death of the Queen.

[by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.]

(per PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

London, January 29,

The King at Osborne with much ceremony invested the Grown Prince of Prussia with the order of the Garter, The Times and the Daily News state than King Edward will open Parliament in person.

Harold Parsons, a Legislative Councillor of Westralia, in a letter to The Times, advocates the recognition in the King s titles of the King-toms of Canada and Australia to the dignity of Kingdoms in the Imperial system. The L>' d Mavor and t.-h rff-t of London attend-'*l m Sta-e a r.h •~p ning service week of the free Oh-irch of EngUnd Mission.

All the Agents-General sent wreaths to Windsor.

Lord Carrington, on behalf of the Commonwealth, sent a wreath of wattle and Aurum lillies.

The Chronicle asserts that Lord Hopetoun and Mr Barton snubbed Chamber'lain for suggesting Lord Jersey as a Com. monwealth representative at the funeral, A limited number of Colonial officers and soldiers are to be included in the 1 funeral procession. The Kaiser has appointed the King Chief of the First Dragoons, like the late Queen.

Sydney, January 30.

Hon. Mr Chamberlain cabled to Lord Hopetoun, by the King’s command, that a seat is reserved at St James,s Chapel for the representation of the Commonwealth.

Lord Carrington cabled accepting the position of representative. Melbourne, January 30.

MrSeddon received a cable from Mr Chamberlain conveying the King’s and the Royal Family’s warm thanks for his telegram of sympathy. London, January 29.

King Edward was proclaimed with the usual titles at Pretoria and as Sapreme Lord over the Transvaal. Hearty cheers were given.

The mourning in America is as wide' spread as if it was a British possession. The newpapers recall the Queen’s solid tude for Garfield.

The police on Sunday morning turned away 30,000 from St Paul’s. Hence it was arranged that only one service on Saturday was fixed. At noon another will be held in the Abbey, the south transept of which will be reserved for the Peers while a service will be held at St Margaret’s for the Commoners.

The authorities have been informed that the King directed that the draperies for the buildings as mourning on Saturday should be purple not black. The King directs that Saturday may he a day of mourning, the banks closed and business suspended. The Czarowitch, Crown Princes of Sweden, Greece, Mohammed Ali (the Khedive’s brother), Mr Choate, representative of the United States of America, attend the funeral.

Starting from Victoria Station at 11 the cortege proceeds to Buckingham Palace, the road past the Queen’s Palace into Mall, past St. James’s Palace, St. James’s street, Picadilly, enters Hyde Park by Apsley Gate, skfrts along the Park Lane end of the Park, emerging at the Marble Arch ; thence along Edgeware Eoad to Boundary Road, through Praed street to Paddington Station. The procession will occupy two hours.

Seats along the route are realising fabulous sums. Some windows fetched £m.

.£200,000 worth of black and silver ribbons has been ordered from the ribbon factories at Stettin. The Peers and Commoners do not participate in the procession, but view it from stands erected in the gardens of St. James’s Palace.

Thousands of exquisite wreaths, crosses and shields, some costing £IOO were forwarded to Windsor.

The Times says that the personal tributes of the leading Australasian statesmen to the Queen’s memory show how the Australasians share the national grief. It hopes that the King’s title will recognise the self-governing colonies as integral, inseparable portions of the Empire, and hopes that the Yorks ’ visit will be made, even if the occasion is shorn of much magnificence.