MOURNING IN AUCKLAND.

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

MOURNING IN AUCKLAND.

j A DAY OF SOl-ROW. |

To-day was universally observed as| a day of mourning throughout thel colony, in consequence of the deathE of Her Majesty, and tokens of lieart-1 | felt grief were observable on every* i side. Citizens one and all gave expres-jj j sion to their deep feelings of regret,! | and business in many premises was! ] virtually suspended. All public offlcesj were closed for the day, in accord-! ance with instructions from the Act-t big-Premier. This morning the. ships! and business places all round the cit.yl and suburbs had mourning shutters* I up, and a great many business places! had their doorways draped with! crape. Flags were displayed at half-| irnast everywhere, and black ties and! bands of mourning were very nu-| merous. Arrangements are beings made in connection with all- the* (Auckland churches for special memo-1 Irial services next Sunday. The* churches will be draped in mourning.. To-day was observed as a day'of na-| tional mourning throughout the tele-|? graph and telephone department in! the colony. The Auckland Telegraphf Office, in conjunction with other chief J centres, was open as usual from 8« a.m., and will be open till midnight..? The other telegraph and telephone of-J ficcs, including Auckland suburban! bureau stations, opened from '.) to 10? I a.m., and will be open from 7 to 82 this evening. | The Commissioner for Crown* Lands, Mr. (J. .Mueller, received in-i structions last night from the Colq-g nial .Secretary's Department to the. effect that draped flags are to bej gfiown on all Government buildings in! |Auckland to-day and following days,| land asking him to notify heads of£ Ithe Departments accordingly. i I When the members of the Auckland! ! Stock Exchange assembled at 0! o'clock this morning the chairman^ (Mr. J. A. Buttle) referred to the fix-| •ting of to-day by the Government as] lone of mourning for tlie death of thef I Queen, lie then moved that the Ex-| I change be closed until to-morrow,? J which was carried unanimously . | | The banks and insurance, offices! | were closed to-day. and a large niiin-S §ber of the hotels had their front] ! doors closed during the afternoon.l The closing of business premises be-l came more general as the day went! on. ' I This afternoon the front of th-J General Post-office, Shortland-streetJ was deeply draped in black as a token! of mourning, | Many of the ofliccs and business! premises in the city, which wore! closed to-day, had "in Memoriam"| cards and bows of crape on the doors.S