CABLEGRAMS.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
[PRESS ASSOCIATIOX-COPYRIGIJT,
(Received August 2, 10.30 a.m.)
BRITAIN IN MOURNING.
LONDON, August 1
At the instance of the Queen the interment has been postponed from Friday to .Saturday. The Emperor of Germany, the Trince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught will attend the funeral, The body lies in state at St. Maritz Church.
The Court circular announces that the Queen is much soothed and touched by the universal expressions of sympathy. Her afflictions and health have not' suffered by the blow.
The following motion qf condolence with Her Majesty the Queen in her recent bereavement .was adopted by the Council last night, on the motjon of the Mayor, seconded by Mr Alfred J\idd: "That His Excellency the Governor be asked to forward to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen the very sincere expression of condolence and respectful sympathy of the Mayor, Councillors and citizens of the city of Auckland in the sad bereavement which has befallen Her Majesty by the death of His Royal Highness the late Duke of Edinburgh, and their earnest hope that Her Majesty may receive strength i»nd comfort from on High to support her in this, the time of her very sad bereavement." . .
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 183, 3 August 1900, Page 4
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