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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 21, 25 January 1901, Page 1

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Government offices closed. Signs of mourning- everywhere. ' ''- Contingent ceremony abandoned.^* Anniversary Day" holiday is post* poned. " * Mourning services ja all ih« cnureb.es next Sunday. Mefmo>r,ial service' in the Biairtisti Tabernacle this evening. The Magistrate's Court offices ax« closed 'till next Monday. Government makes suggestions ad to mourning observances. To-day is the 142 nd anniversary ot the birth of Robert Burns. "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" at thy Opera House this evening. The AraSva natives at Rotorua hel<J a tangi when the news of the Queen's death arrived. The date of the Queen's funeral i» to be a day of close mourning through* out the colony. Next Tuesday, January 29th, is ap-» pointed as a special bank holiday fog the various banks in this colony. The City Council adjourned last, evening, after passing a resolution, ofi sorrow at the death of the Queen. \ The Hamilton Borough Council ha* fixed Thursday as the weekly sta±a-» tory half holiday for the next year. New Zealand war-medallists are t& be allowed to travel- free by rail on the* day of the Sixth Contingent's depart* urb. ■ ■ * . ; .-, ( ~, ' v'\V." ■ The New Zealand ensign, with, %. scarf of crape above itj is displayed at half mast on all public buildings ink the colony. v A poll of the ratepayers, of Edenl Terrace takes place to-morrow oa thef question of borrowing i£3ooo foij drainage purposes. . • . . .'! The Hon. James MeGawan, Minister for Mines and Justice, arrived ■■at • the! Thames last evening by train fromt Paeroa. He was to proceed ta Cok>* mandel to-day. We have received a set of almanac* from the Royal Exchaaige Assnrancet Co. It consists of a blotter, a card^ and a framed adjustable date sbteefy neat, ornamental and "useful. Mr S. W. Buck, the popular licensed of the Ponsonby Club Hotel, has disposed of his business to Mr A. Kaynes,| and is about to take a holiday. Me Buck has been in Ponsonby for thd past nine years, and his many frxemda will regret to hear that he is leaving? the hotel with which he has been sof long connected. '~.:■') At the great fair: Coloured dres* muslins B|d to 1/6J, at 3|d and 4|dyd, —Smith and Caughey.—(Ad.), At the Pair: Pine quality 'briglif black dress lustres (double width)* 102 d yd.—Smith and Caughey's.—Ad, Beautiful evening shades in silk blouse crepes, were 3/9, price now; 1/6^ yd.—Smith and Caughey's great fair—(Ad.) > • Special at the great fair: 44-Jncli dress poplins, newest shades, 4/1"! pet dress of 6yds.—Smith and Ca.ughey's.