AUSTRALIA IN MOURNING.

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

AUSTRALIA IN MOURNING.

I ALL BUSINESS STOPPED. j j — . SYDNEY, January 23. _ Immediately on receipt of the news? S the whole Commonwealth ancl State! [business was stopped. | I Mi- Barton cancelled the engagements which heJiad made to visit Meljbourne and Adelaide. p 3 In Adelaide and .Melbourne manyl [shops were closed and the bells tolled.| \ A feeling _of general sorrow'pervades! jthc communities. | jj The Federal Executive met at noon.l {Lord Ilopetoun communicated the badjt {news and tbe Executive adjourned tilli ! to-morrow. | I The Mayor cabled to Mr Chamber-! flam: —"The people mourn the loss of| I their beloved Queen." | I The bells in the various c.hurche_| [were tolling throughout the clay. | I One curious sight was that the flagtS Son Admiralty llouso and the l.oyalg | Arthur wore not half-masted. This| I was because the admiral's flag is aa I personal one and is never lowered ex-1 leept on the death of the admiral. | | At four o'clock the Rlpyal Arthur and* ! Tauranga fired 32 minute guns. | SYDNEY, this day. | Lord Ilopetoun forwarded personals .condolences to the King, and similar! niessages from the Commonweal till .State. I I All foreign Consuls communicated! itheir regrets to the Governor-General.!. 1 The only effect of the demise of the] iCrown will have on the institutions! [of this colony is that members of Par-| filament and of the Commonwealth! 'Ministry will be required to swear! jalleg-ianee to the King. I 1 ADELAIDE, January 23. | I The Government offices were closed^ jjand flags half-masted. Bells were toll-1 ijing, and many shops closed the shut-1 |ters and draped in black. | |j Lord Tennyson has cancelled all en-| |gagements. | I MELBOURNE, January 23. I I Sympathetic references were model •at the Stock Exchange, which suspend-l .-. Ed business. Many business houses? |closed. The Town Hall was draped in,; |black. Closing of the shops and otherfi j signs of mourning were very notice-1 I able among the German section of thel I community. I 1 . ■ JBRISBAI. E, Japuary- 23. | I A number of the shops were draped| f.in black and the church bells were toll-l I ing. The Governor cabled to Mr| ■Chamberlain as follows:—"The Gso-I fvernment and people received with! f profound sorrow the intelligence of the i death, and expressed the deepest sympathy with the Royal Family." Special ; services are arranged at all the