THE QUEEN.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 20, 24 January 1901, Page 2

THE QUEEN.

WEL LING TON 0 BSE R.VANC ES.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

.YO/LIXIITON, litis day

Except :is t;i lhe closing- of public oHiees there is little observance of the holiday, tttost business places being; open. Public entertainers learned by cable Hint in Aut-tralni tit-- theatres wire closing- only lor last nig'in.'and are therefore folio.vina' this example.

I.U.XIiKi.M, this day

To-day is being- strictly observed as a day of mourning-, duces of business art' closed, nnd draped flags are flying; half-mast. .expressions of sorrow are everywhere manifest.

niY.XIII-:!..!, Ibis day

At a meeting to-day of lhe Borough Council the Councillor!*, up-standing, resolved that this Council learns with deep re;-ret of the death of our beloved Sovereign. Ker Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and hereby places on record its high appreciation of her illustrious reign as a constitutional ruler, and its deep sense of the irreparable loss sustained by her millions of subjects. Tbe Council (hen adjourned ns a mark of respect.

The public tea and concert arranged hy the ladies, to lie -riven in tbe Drill-she:! on Friday evening next to tbe officers and men ol' tlie Sixth Contingent, is now off, owing to the death of the Queen. Thanks are tendered by tlie com tn it tee to those ladies and gentlemen who so -kindly offered their services and money.