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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 21, 26 January 1901, Page 3

PUBLIC OBSERVANCES AS TO MOURNING. llAxrur.LY, Governor. Oeder in’ Council. At the Government House at Wellington, this 24th day o£ January, 1001, Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor ol the Colony of New Zealand, having been advised by the Secretary of State tor the Colonies of the lamented death ol Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and acting by and with' the advice and consent o£ the Executive Council of the said Colony, doth hereby enjoin as follows upon Her late Majesty’s loving and lamenting subjects in the said colony, in token of their grief and sorrow for the great loss the. Empire has sustained 1. All ministers of religion and all congregations are invited on Sunday next, the twenty-seventh instant, and also on the day appointed for the funeral of Her lata Majesty, to hold solemn services of public worship and mourning on behalf of the people of the colony. 2. The New Zealand Ensign, with a scarf of crape attached to the flagstaff one foot above the flag, shall be displayed at half-mast on all public buildings in the colony till sunset each day, and until sunset of the day appointed for the funeral. 3. All ships in the various harbors of the colony are invited to display their ensigns at half-mast each day until and including the day of the funeral. 4. All officers of the Government are enjoined to wear mourning until further notified, and all other subjects of Her late Majesty are requested to do • the same in such a manner as their loyalty and feeling direct. 5. And, generally, until after the day of the funeral it is enjoined that all festivities of a public nature be suspended, and on that day all places of business and public entertainment be closed. J. H. MACALISTEE, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

OBMOND POUND. IM P O U N D K D , By Banger, on -January 23rd, -1001. Ono Bay Gelding, branded TB near hip. If not claimed and expenses paid, will be sold at the above Pound Yards on TUESDAY, February 2nd, 1901. C. KEENAN, Poundkeeper. 'ENNESSY'S for DjsrEXDAhLES.