A GRACIOUS LADY

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18548, 25 November 1925, Page 9

A GRACIOUS LADY

DOWAGER-QUEEN ALEXANDRA. HOUSE OF COMMONS TRIBUTES. ADDRESS PRESENTED TO KING GEORGE. . ,1 , (IT CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION— COPTSIGHT.)' (AWBTBALLAX AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Eeceivcd November 24th, 7.15 p.m.) LONDON", November 23. Mr Baldwin, in the House of Commons, in moving that an address be presented to the King, sympathising with him in the death .of Queen Alexandra, said that all would ever remember her with grateful affection for the love she inspired in all classes. Looking back on the Queen's life, nothing was more striking than the way she identified herself with the people and the country immediately she landed. Hers was a personality which impressed everybody. Every member of the House felt himself in tho position of a mother's son, and in that spirit sent deep and heartfelt sympathy to tho King, who was bearing tho sharpest yet tenderest los 3 to which a son of man is heir. Mr Bamsay M. acDonaid, in seconding, said: "We have fclfc lor two generations the presence of a lady of very swoct graeiousness, humane consideration, and simple tenderness of heart, one revealing the dignity of Boyalty and the close kinship of humanity, whether in the glowing blaze near the Throne, or in the more subdued lights of widowhood. She won hearts that spring day in 1863, and kept them to the end." Mr Lloyd George said: "It is fifteen years since she reigned as Queen, but she still held the throne of the people's hearts because she had all the graee and charms that fascinated the people. Her whole life marked that cliarity which thinketh no evil and bclieveth all things." Mr T. P. O'Connor said, as Father of the House, he hoped to be allowed to add the voice of Ireland, which loved her for her tenderness. The sympathy motion was agreed to in silence, members standing. House of Lords. A similar motion was adopted in the Houso of Lords. Lord Salisbury, Lord Haldanc, Lord Oxford, and the Archbishop of Canterbury voiced the sentiments of the House in a resolution' of condolence. Many Peeresses in deep mourning sat in the side galleries.

THE KING'S WISHES. NO PROLONGED PERIOD OF MOURNING* (Australian and k.z. cable association.) LONDON, November 23. Though the Court order for mourning does not apply to the public, there are many signs in London of its adoption. It is expected that men and women prominent in society will wear mourning till at least January 20th, but the King has expressed a desire that no shadow of gloom be cast over the Christmas season. His Majesty hopes that tho ordinary amenities of life will not be interrupted. DOWAGER EMPRESS MARIE. CONDITION CAUSES ANXIETY, (AUSTRALIA* AND I".Z. CABU 13S0CU.TI0*.) COPENHAGEN, November 22. , The Dowager-Empress Marie of Russia, the late Queen Alexandra's Bister, has collapsed with grief, and her condition is causing anxiety. N.S.W. ASSEMBLY. MOTION OF SYMPATHY. (AUSTRALIAN AMD N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received November 34th, 9.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, November 24. The Assembly, having carried a motion of sympathy with the King 011 tho death of Queen Alexandra, adjourned for the day as a mark of respeot to the memory of tie lata Queen. DAY OF FUNERAL. NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL SERVICES. GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S ANNOUNCEMENT. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, November 24. The Governor-General has been advised that the official funeral service for her late Majesty Queen Alexandra will bo held at 11.30 a.m. on Friday next in Westminster Abbey.

His Excellency therefore suggests that any memorial services which it is proposed to hold 'in Now Zealand should be held at eleven o'dock on Friday n-orning next, as tho nearest appropriate time for coinciding with the Westminster Abbey service. 'The Governor-General has been informed further that his Majesty the King has directed that the flying of flags at hall-mast on Government buildings in Great Britain should be continued until next Saturday. It would accordingly bo appropriate if a similar procedure were observed in New Zealand as regards public buildings. iiis Majesty has commanded that the Court should wear mourning for three months from November 20th, half-mourning to be from January 20th to February 20th. Special instructions are being issued to the Defence Forces for tho observance of mourning.