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+ [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN'S YOUNGEST SON, THE DUKE OF ALBANY. (Received March 30, 5.40 p.m.) London, March 28. Telegrams received from Cannes this afternoon regarding the death of the Duke of Albany state that his Royal Highness died at 2 o'clock this morning in a fit brought on by injuries sustained from a fall lie met with while at the house of the Nautical Club at Cannes. It is announced that the Duke's body will be brought to England, and interred at Frognore, Windsor. The Queen's projected visit to Darmstadt, Germany has been abandoned in consequence of the Prince's decease. Addresses to her Majesty conveying the condolence of Parliament will be moved on Monday, by Earl Granville in the Lords, and Mr Gladstone in the Commons. (Received March 31, 0.35 a.m.) March 29. Profound emotion and universal sympathy is being manifested throughout the United Kingdom at the intelligence of the death of the Duke of Albany. The Queen visited the Duchess at Claremont to-day. Her Royal Highness is bearing the shock well, though near her confinement. The Prince of Wales will proceed to Cannes for the purpose of accompanying the Duke's body to England. Melbourne, March 29. James Service, Premier, telegraphed to the Secretary of State a message of condolence with the Queen in ber bereavement. March 30. General reference was made in the local churches to-day to the death of the Duke of Albany, and the "Dead March" was played. Some of the edifices were draped in black. +—< FRENCH CONVICT QUESTION. (Received March 31, 0.35 a.m.) London, March 29. In the House of Lords to-day, Earl Rosebery made a speech in which he stated that the deporting of French convicts was causing uuexampled excitement in the Colonies. Earl Granville, Foieign Secretary, concurred-in Lord Rosebery's statement, and announced that Lord Lyons, the British Ambassador at Paris,' had brought to the notice of the French Government the feeling of the colonies, and had been assured that the bulk of the convicts are now being sent to Cayenne, South America, and only a selected few to New Caledonia.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2368, 31 March 1884, Page 2
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