KING'S FUNERAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1910, Page 5

KING'S FUNERAL.

THE OUEEN MOTHER'S INTENTION. SHE WILL TAKE PART IN THE PROCESSION. STRIKING CONDOLENCES. LATE KING'S BROTHER IN LONDON. Uj Telecraph.-^Press Association. -Copyright. (Received May 14, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. Queen Alexandra and other Royal ladies will take part in the funeral procession from Westminster Hall to Paddington Station, whence the body will be conveyed by train to Windsor. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT. COFFIN REMAINS UNSEALED UNTIL HIS ARRIVAL. (Received May 14, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. By King George's special desire, the coffin containing the body of King Edward will remain unsealed pending the Duke -of • Connaught's arrival to-day. This will enable fifty public men to view the features of the dead monarch. (Received May 14, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. The Duke of Connaught and family have arrived in London. They drove to Buckingham Palace witK King/ George and Queen Mary, LONDON TRAMCARS. TO STOP FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES ON DAY OF FUNERAL. (Received May 14, 10.5 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. The London County Council has arranged that the moment the- body of the late King leaves Westminster Hall all tramcars shall be brought to a standstill, and remain so for a quarter of an hour. MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE. SOME STRIKING ONES. (Received May 14, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. Striking condolences received include those from the Councils-General" throughout France, chiefs in Bechuanaland and Basutoland, Mohawk Indians, and the chiefs of Nigeria. Many condolences have been sent 1 by Itish corporations, the only objectors beiug tho Dublin Sinn Feiners. (Received May 14, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. Messages of condolence have been pub- . liihed from Hawkes Bay, British, residents of Fanning Island, the people of New Caledonia, the South Australian Jockey Club, the Australian Women's National League, the Freemasons of "South Australia, the citizens of Hobart, the Druids of Victoria, the Caledonian Society of Victoria, the Castlemaine District Association, the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows of Victoria, Adelaide University, Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth, Mount Rouse (Victoria) Shire Council, the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia, the Salvationists of Australia, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the Church ( of England, • the Associated Churches of Christ, the Foresters of New South Wales, the Geelong Agricultural and Royal Agricultural Societies, the Greek community of Victoria, the Methodists of Melbourne, the Orange Institution, and the Mayors of the following Australian towns : Geelong, Caulfield, Stawell, South Melbourne, Prahran, Footscray, Saint Arnaud, Maryborough, Deniliquin, and Raywood. PRECAUTIONS. PROTECTION OF SEVEN KINGS. (Received May 14, 10.13 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. Extraordinary precautions, eclipsing those on the occasion of the Tsar's visit to Cowes, will be taken to protect the seven Kings — King George V., Kaiser William of Germany, King Alphonso of Spain, King Manuel of Portugal, King Ha-akon of Norway, King Albero of Belgium, and King Frederick of Denmark — who will be present at the funeral of the late King Edward. EMPIRE DAY. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS. (Received May 14, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. King George has intimated to the Mayor of Hove (SuEsex) that he does not desire the Empire Day celebrations to be postponed. Many employers are arranging to pay their employees wages on the day of the funeral. This follows the Government's example. WREATHS. FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. (Received May 14, 10.7 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. Th& Australian Commonwealth's wroath is composed of laurel and palm leaves, white orchids, and lilies-of-the-valley, and is draped with a broad red, white, and blue iibbon, on which is the Australian coal of arms, and the inscription, "Australia mourns the loss of her King, whom she deariy loved." New Zealand's wreath is made principally of New Zealand ferns, surmounted by a crown, with an inscription upon a ribbon. " FESTIVAL. OF EMPIRE." THREE COLONIAL COURTS TO BE OPENED. LONDON, 13th May. Though the Festival of Empire is postponed, the New South Wales, New Zealand, and Canadian Courts will be opened. EAST-END MOURNING. ' AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS. IMPRESSIVE SCENES IN SIMLA. LONDON, 13th May. East-End mourning includes black shutters, black-edged photographs of the King in parlour windows, and penny

Union Jacks with crepe bows. There have been immense sales of mourning buttons and memorial cards. "The Trade" has decided to close all publichouses in London from 10 a.m. till 2.30 p.m. on Friday. Sir Geo. Reid, High Commissioner for the- Commoawealth, is -endeavouring to arrange that Australian officers in England shall represent the Australian military forces at the inneTal. A Gazette issued in Canada makes Friday a day of national -mourning. There were impressive scenes at Simla and Bombay on the reading of the proclamation of King George V. "FRIEND OF THE JEWS." MEMORIAL SERVICES AT MILE END. (Received May 14, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May. Four thousand Jews attended a memorial service at Mile End. Rabbi Schewzik, wearing a- white shroud, gave an address, in which he stated that the Jews had lost their best friend — a protector, and a father. There was then intoned a prayer for the soul of our Lord Edward, a friend of the Jews, who has gone to his eternal rest."' AGENTS-GENERAL'S LETTER. KING GEORGE'S REPLY. (Received May 14, 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, 13th May.' King George has replied to a joint letter from the Agents-General. He states that he greatly appreciates the touching assurance of thfiir feelings towards himself and family by representatives of the great Commonwealth of Australia.