A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 20, 24 January 1901, Page 5

A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

I Noon, oil Tuesday, was the first! (time since Saturday that-the Queen J [was conscious, and recognised thej [members of the Royal Family. f jj Bhe asked for her favourite Pom-I feranian dog, and when it was fetch-! fed she fondled it for a moment. | j Then she talked a little with the] (Princesses Louise and Beatrice. | I Almost her last request was for al jm ember of the household. ¥ 1 1 She relapsed into unconsciousness'? '.before this could be attended to, but! {during the course of the day she! 'spoke to or recognised all her closc-jj icst relations. | The instant the Queen was dead] tall the family knelt and kissed t'hefj {Prince of Wales' hands, in token of J fealty. There is universal grief| (throughout the United Kingdom. | | All the Government establish-! Iments, ships, colonial agencies, and! jpublic buildings, hoisted flags half-J smast high, and minute guns were! Hired at the various ports. | j Eaces and athletic fixtures werei (postponed, and some were abandon-! led altogether. | 1 The organ at the Crystal Palace? fplaycd "The Dead March," enter-! Itainments of all kinds v/erc stopped,! Ithe bells of the cathedrals and of* ithe churches even in the smallest* ivillages were tolled. | 1 Public bodies, Adopting resolu-| I lions of profound sorrow, adjourn-! fed.