ST. PAUL’S BELL TOLLED.
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED. LONDON, May 8. Mr Winston Clinreliill’s message, as tiie Home Secretary, to the Lord Mayor, requested tin; (tilling of the great St. Paul’s hell, which is only lolled for the King or an Archbishop. As the great, bell was struck the city policemen .stood at. salute.
The tolling conveyed to thousamrs of early workers tiie, lirst news. Directly (lie death was announced Earl Urewe, Secretary for tiie Dominions and Colonies, telegraphed to the Governors of the Dominions and State Colonies and Protectorates.
Messages of sorrow in reply are arriving every minute from all parts of the Umpire. The texts will not. be published until King George V. has road them. Minute guns wore Hied from all the warships around the coast. Muffled bells rung at the Town Hall gave Manchester the news. Crowds waited outside the Binnin gha m newspaper offices until the morning. Parliament mot and took the oath of allegiance. Crowds uncovered silently as King George V. drove through the. streets in Naval uniform to the Privy Council meeting. A memorial service was held in St Paul’s Cathedral this morning. The Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. John Burns, ami oilier representatives of the Government were present. The nave was crowded. The Dead March in Saul was played, and the service closed with a verse of the National Anthem, snug hy the conMadame Melba’s concert and other con certs have been abandoned. VARIOUS ITEMS. LONDON, May 8. It is expected at Berlin that the Kaiser will attend the funeral.
In London the dominant and all-por-vading tone o£ the vast crowd outside the Palace was one of personal loss. Rich and poor turned mutually for sympathy. The bulle tins shocked and grieved Mr Roosevelt, who was journeying to Stockholm.
There is consternation in South Africa. Boers and British are united in a common sorrow.
Tho earliest public impression was that King Edward was tho victim of his exceeding lovo of outdoor life.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 837, 10 May 1910, Page 3
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331ST. PAUL’S BELL TOLLED. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 837, 10 May 1910, Page 3
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