MR ASQUITH.
HASTENING TO ENGLAND. LONDON, May 8. Tho Court circular slates Queen Alexandra, tho Eriucc and Ermeets of Wales,
tlio Princess Royal, tho Duke of Rife, and Princesses Victoria and I*ouise will be present at the service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Premier learnt the news by wireless message oil Gibraltar on the warship Kncliaiitrens, which immediately sail cd for England, this being tlio quickest way. He is expected to arrive ta-mor-ro w. PRINCESS BEATRICE. The military will go into mourning for six months. Infantry drums and colours and cavalry standards and trumpets are to be draped iu black until after the funeral. Princess Beatrice learnt of the King's critical state on Friday evening at Biarritz, and left for London at midnight.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 837, 10 May 1910, Page 3
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125MR ASQUITH. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 837, 10 May 1910, Page 3
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