QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1925, Page 3

QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] HOC Sl') OF COMMONS RUSH IXTIOX. c CONDON, Nov. 23. The House of Commons adopted a motion, moved hy Mr Baldwin, that an address he presented to His Majesty the. King;' expressing heartfelt sympathy with him in the death of Queen Alexandra. In moving the motion, the I’rime Minister recalled the love she had inspired in all classes. Messrs K. MacDonald and Lloyd George, on behalf of the Calami- and Liberal i’arties, and Mr T. I’. O'Connor, on behalf of Ireland, associated themselves with the mot,on. TRIBUTES IN PARLIAMENT. LONDON, Nov. -AS. Mr Baldwin, in moving in the House of Commons that an address he presided to the King sympathising with him on the death of Queen Alexandra, said that all would ever remember her with grateful affection for the love she inspired among all (lasses. Looking hack on the Queen's life- nothing was more striking than the way in which she had identified horsolf'with the people and the country immediately she landed. Hcr'.s was a personality which impressed everybody. Every memisjr of the House felt himself in the positon of a mother's son. and, in that spirit they send deep heart-felt sympathy to the King who was hearing the sharpest yet tenderest loss to which the son of man is heir. Air Ramsay MacDonald, in seconding the motion said : “We have felt for two generations the-presence of a lady of very sweet graciousuess, hamane consideration, and simple tenderness of heart, one revealing the dignity of royalty, and the close kinship of humanity, whether in the glowing blaze near the Throne or in the more subdued lights of widow-hood. She won their hearts on that spring day in 1803, and she kept them to the end.’’ Mr Lloyd George said: fifteen years since she reigned ns Queen, but she still held the throne of the people’s hearts, because she had sill (he grace and charms that fascinated the people. Her whole life was marked hy that charity which “think■cth no evil and helieveth all things.’’ Mr T. I’. O’Connor said that, as the “Father of the House, ’’ lie hoped to he allowed to add the voice of Ireland, which had loved Queen Alexandra for her tenderness and her sympathy. The motion was agreed to in silence, the members standing. A similar motion was adopted in the House of Lords.

N.S.W. PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS. SYDNEY, Nov. 21. The New South Wales Assembly carried a motion of sympathy with King George on the death of Queen Alexandra. The Assembly adjourned then for one day as a mark of respect for the late. Queen. PEEK’S SENTIMENTS. LONDON, Nov. In the House of Lords, Lords Salisbury. Haldane and Oxford and the Archbishop of Canterbury voiced the sentiments of the House in a resolution of condolence on the death of Queen Alexandra. Many Peeresses in deep mourning sat in the side galleries. KOIJK KINGS TO ATTEND FIJNKKAL. (Received this day at 10.0 a.m.' LONDON, November 21. At leiust four Kings will atleiid Queen Alexandra's funeral. Apart from King George, her son. there will be present King Christian of Denmark, nephew; King Saakon. of Norway, son-in-law and King Albert, of Belgium. The coffin will he taken Iroin the Oinneel of Sandringham Church on Thursday afternoon and conveyed oil a hand bier to Wolferton Station, the King and Queen walking beside the body, followed by a great procession of the tenantry and villagers. There will lie no ceremony on arrival at Liverpool Station and the removal of the casket to the Chapel Royal at St. James Palace will he carried out in as quiet a manner ns possible, the King’s desire being to avoid all pomp. During the night the coffin will he watched hy the Gentlemcn-at-Anils and Yeomen of the Guard. The procession from St. .Tames Palace to Westminster Abbey will start at eleven o’clock and will pass through the Mall, Whitehall and Parliament Street. It is proposed that the gunearriage wiliich bore the bodies of ([neon Victoria and King Edward shall be used and will he drawn by loft bluejackets, hut the “ Daily Herald ” protests against the inon'strous suggestion that a woman who is remembered for her kindliness and generosity should he drawn through the streets on a hideous contraption which is the very symbol of meanness and hate. The four Kings will walk behind the gun-carriage. In the Abbey the coffin will he placed at the foot of the chancel steps. The Archbishop of Canterbury will conduct a simple service and will he assisted by Canon Carnegie and Precentor Nixon. Tlie service will last three quarters of an hour and will include the Queen's favourite psalm, the 23rd. The first hvinn will he: “Now Labours Task is O'er,” ami the second. Waring Gould's “On the Resurrection Morn.” As the mourners leave Chopin's funeral march will he played.

Admission to the Abbey will be bv ticket, but after one o'clock the public will ho admitted and will file past the coffin until nine, after which it will he taken quietly to Windsor. Mourning is everywhere apparent in London, women largely wearing black mostly. The shop windows were redresed at the week-end with hlack. grey and purple dresses. The theatres are closing on Friday throughout the country. STATE BANQUET CANCELLED. LONDON, November 21. The State banquet and other festivals which were to have been held on the Ist December have been cancelled in consequence of Queen Alexandra’s death. STATE "PARLIAMENTS ADJOURN. SYDNEY, November 25. The State Parliaments of Victoria, and Tasmania, after passing resolutions of condolence with the King on the death of Queen Alexandra, adjourned for the day.