Late King George

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11932, 25 January 1936, Page 3

Late King George

FUNERAL ON TUESDAY NEXT

Two Minutes’ Silence at I 1 a.m.

request for suspension of business

CANCELLED

INDIVIDUAL (TIURUHES W 1 .SERVICES

ILL HOLD APPROPRIATE OX SUNDAY

I’KIMi: MINI-STEM'S MESSAGE

alteration has been made in t hp funeral arrangements announced ]n connection with the death of King George, as indicated in the following telegram which was received last evening by His Worship the .Mayor, Mr L. R- Wilkinson, from the Prime Minister:

“ “In view of (he wishes expressed h.v His Majesty King Eduard the Eighth, the funeral of His Late Majesty will lie marked in New Zealand h.v the observ-

ance of two minutes’ silence at 11 a.m. on Tuesday next, (he 28th Inst.

“All requests for (he suspension of business on that date are, therefore, cancelled. I shall be “lad if yO" "ill lake action in jour district to request the public to adopt (Ids course. “It is desired, however, that

on Sunday next, the 2(>th inst., individual churches should hold appropriate services, as already requested by the Order in Council of the 21st inst.”

'Acting on this intimation His Worship has therefore cancelled all local arrangements for Tuesday, although he felt that the public generally would have preferred that there should have been some form — such as a combined service—of expressing their sense ot personal loss iu the death of the late King. SAD JOURNEY People Pay Homage to Departed Monarch London, Jan. 23 Despite a bitter north-east wind, mourners, many of whom had travelled from distant towns, including a party of Royal tenants from Balmoral, began to line the road from Sandringham to Wolferton shortly Iter daybreak to pay their last tribute to His Majesty, King George, as his; remains were removed to lie in state in Westminster Hall, London. The casket was placed on the gun carriage, and as the sad procession naned to the station. "The Lament,” played by Pipe-Mjor Forsyth, floated across the countryside. The cortege, headed by the Chief Constable ot Norfolk, followed, Twelve tall Guardsmen under Captain Paisley, of the Royal Horse Artillery, with drawn sword gleaming, preceded the gun carriage, which was drawn by seven bay horses draped with the Royal Standard.

A few yards behind walked the King, his face wrought with grief, and a yard or two behind, on either side, iollowed the Duke of York and the Duke of Gloucester, then the Duke of Kent and the Earl of Harewood. All seemed overcome with sorrow. Then came the dark grey coach, drawn by two grey horses, in which were seated the Queen, the Princess Royal and the Duchess of York in deep black, heavily veiled. Through the bare-headed, reverent crowds the procession passed in silence, The Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent and'the Queen’s ladies-lu-waiting rode In the second carriage, behind which walked the tall, greyhaired Rochard Hewlett, the King’s valet and friend, who to-day took precedence over all the great officers of the Royal household. Then came King George’s white pony “Jock” and two nurses who tended His Majesty during his illness. Lord Wigram, the King’s private secretary, led the officers of the Royal Household, and the procession ended with humble tenants of the Royal Estate. The crowd was very dense near the station, and their feelings were at breaklnng point when the beat of a drum heralded the solemn strains of Beethoven's Funeral March. The Bearskins of the (Juardsmeu, silhouetted against the sky, appeared over the brow of the hill. A sharp wind across the marshes from the sea met the procession as It filed down. The King looked at the throng now and again, and seemed to nod to some villagers. Men and women sobbed unrestrainedly, and some collapsed with grief. As the cortege entered the station yard members of the British Legion lowered their banners in salute. Guardsmen carried the coffin across a red carpet to the waiting train, in which the Royal Family immediately took their seats. KING’S LAST MOMENTS London, Jan. 23 The most impressive speech in the House of Lords, which sent messages similarly to the House of Commons, raain from the Archbishop of Canterury- He said: “Let me lay some emphasis on his steadfast devotion to ut y. Ido so because it was revealad iu the most moving manner iu the ast day of his life when, at noon, Propped up in a chair looking so frail and weak, he received the last Privy Council.

To the orders constituting the °uadl State he gave, in his own ear tones, his familiar ‘approved,’ en k® made deliberate and repeated * 0r * 3 most gallant and pathetic, to s SU his last State paper with his °wn hand.

When the effort was too great for h . m ’ turned to the Council with “ ls last kindly and Kingly smile. It aa a scene which those who beheld "dll never forget. I hope I have 0 been guilty of impropriety in “scribing it. i think it worthy of record.

*■ s * 10 ' vs that what rallied him 1 too last conscious hour was his undeviating response to the claim of duty,”

In reference to the Archbishop’s « a tem eut , it was learned later that ‘l'd’ iu tact, make a mark tlle document, but as a signature ■ "' us Indecipherable,

THE CORONATION < 'EM EM ON V N EXT Y EAR London,- Jan. 23 Early in his speech in the House of Commons, Mr Baldwin announced that the coronation, with appropriate pomp and ceremony, would take place in 193 7. CATHOLIC CHURCH OBSERVANCES BISHOP LISTON’S LETTER TO CLERGY AND LAITY

In connection with the death of His late Majesty King George V. the Right Rev. Dr. Liston, Lord Bishop of Auckland has ordained (a) that the prayers of clergy and people be in these days of universal grief that God in His mercy may give consolation to the members of the late King’s family in their intimate personal grief and that the Almighty may watch over our peoples in these days of universal grief; (b) that the prayer “Pro Quacumque Necessitate” (for time of sorrow) be added during the coming week to the prayers of Holy Mass each morning;

(c)that the Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus be recited after each Mass;

(d) that on Sunday evening In every parish church the Blessed Sacrament he exposed for one hour, during which priests and people will pray for the nation in sorrow and for the guidance of King Edward VIII, and

(e) that on the morning of Tuesday, the 28th of January, the Mass “pro quacumque necessitate” (in time of sorrow) he offered in every parish church. At the end of this Mass the Psalm "Miserere” is to be recited or sung. The Mass on Tuesday morning next will be said in St. Mary’s Church, Tauranga, at 10 o’clock. The Mayor, councillors and Town Clerk have been invited thereto by the Rev. Father Eccleston.