SENDING OUT THE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 19, 23 January 1901, Page 5

SENDING OUT THE NEWS.

On receipt of the new?, "Star'j Extras containing the message were* despatched to the Great Barrier, toj Kawau, and to Whitford Park by] \[r S. Holderi Howie's pigeongrams service, so that the resident* of. those districts might rece-ive the intelligence on the same day as those; telegraphically connected with the^ 3ity." As soon as the sad news was madej mown the oath'edral and olinreh bells* ,vexe slowly toll oil, and ninny eon-! named tolling- throughout the afterioon. The Albert-street "firebell was; oiled in slow and mournful measure; luring the afternoon. A great many business places vvere closed early in the afternoon, md others followed suit and shut :heir doors on receipt of telephone messages from the Mayor (Mr Goldie), requesting citizens to join in the demonstrations of mourning by shutting up their establishments. " All" amusements for the evening will he cancelled in Auckland, as in other parts of the Empire. A notice was posted outside the City Hall to-day stating that Mr Percy Dir3| company would not perform this evening. A royal funeral salute of 101 guns will be fired at intervals of one minute from Fort Cautley by the Permanent Artillery on the day of Her Majesty's funeral. . | The Police Court adjourned thisj morning as soon as the death of thej Queen was announced. The hell of the Town Clock, in the "N\Z. Insurance Buildings, waft tolled at intervals of one minute during this afternoon, out of respect to the memory of the departed sovereign. A national day of mourning will, no doubt, he shortly announced, probably on the day of Her Majesty's funeral.