THE QUEEN'S DEATH.

Evening Star, Issue 11454, 23 January 1901, Page 5

THE QUEEN'S DEATH.

♦ ' ' I MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCE Olf WALES. Awociation—By Telegraph—Copyrights. LONDON, January 22. (Received January 23, at 11.26 a.m.) The Prince of Wales telegraphed the Lord Mayor after four o'clock:—"The painful duty obliges me to inform you that the life of our own beloved Queen is in the greatest (danger." THE AGENT-GENERAL ADVISES. WELLINGTON, January 23. The Government received the sad news by, cable from the Agent-General in this mess-; age:—"London, January 22, 7.45. Regret Queen's death." THE PREMIER'S MESSAGE. Mr Seddon wired this afternoon from Sydney:— With profound regret and sorrow I have received the following cablo from the AgentGeneral :—"Regret Queen died at 7.45 p.m. E2nd." A world's loss and a nation's grief. THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. The following message was sent from Oamaru by His Excellency the Governor to the Secretary of Stat© for the Colonies : "Myself, my Ministers, and the people ofj New Zealand desire to convey to the Royali Family, also to the Imperial Government, our heartfelt sorrow in the loss the Empire* has sustained by the death of our beloved! Queen, so noble a woman, so industrious a Sovereign." In answer to a telegram sent by His Excellency on hearing of the Queen's illness the following reply has been received from the Secretary of State for tho Colonies: "I am desired Ijj- H.R.H. tho Prince andj Princess of Wales to acknowledge very grate-j fully your message, expressing the sympathy! of yourself, your Government, and the people' of New Zealand." HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED. >£ress Aa3ociation—By Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 25, at 1.53 p.m.) SYDNEY. At a meeting of tho Stock Exchange the chairman delivered a culogium on the Queen. The Exchange, immediately suspended business for the day. Many of the public offices are closing. It is expected that, all business will be suspended to-morrow as a token of respect for the late Queen. All the theatres will be closed to-night. THE FIRST ADVICE AT SYDNEY. SYDNEY. January 23. (Received January 23, at 1.22 p.m.) The Admiral received first intimation of the Queen's death, followed a few minutes later by a Press message. Immediately the Royal Standard at Government House and all flags in the city and shipping wero flown at halfmast. The Cabinet will meet at twelve to decide •what steps shall be taken to proclaim a! period of mourning. , CHRTSTCHURCH. Immediately on receipt of the news of the Queen's death all business places were closed; and the Cathedral bell tolled. OAMARU. j On the receipt here of tho news of the! Queen's death minute bells were tolled, and] all shops were closed, while flags were displayed at half-mast. The County Council at once adjourned their meeting." Every mark of the deepest sorrow is observable. WESTPORT. Bells were tolled, while the business places and offices were closed. All flags are at! half-mast. NAPIER. The news of the Queen's death was re-' ceved here with marked manifestations of| sorrow. The Cathedral and lire bells tolled? out the mournful news ; flags were flownt half-mast in all directions, and nearly all the shops exhibited emblems of mourning. t PALMERSTON NORTH. The news was received here with evendemonstration of sorrow. The bells of the churches and at the fire station wore tolled :| tla.gs were displayed at half-mast, and a-num-s ber of business premises were at once closed. \ AUCKLAND. _ Flags were flown at half-mast all over the city as soon as the news of the Queen's death was received, and some of the church bells were tolled. The mayor's request to' citizens to close their places "of business was! very generally observed" WELLINGTON. j In consequence of the death of the Queen' all public entertainments have been aban-j doned for to-night, and the Government! and business offices are closed for the after-! noon. Immediately on receipt of the news the Sixth Contingent Send-off Committee,! who were sitting when the cablegram ar-l rived, decided to cancel the for the proposed dinner, and also the send-> off demonstration. CLYDE. The County Council met to-dav, and adjourned until to-morrow, out of "respect to the memory of the Queen. All business places are closed. THE CATHOLIC CLERGY'S MESSAGE. The following message has been sent by Dr Verdon, through His Excellencv the Governor, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies : The Catholic Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of Dunedin, in Synod assembled, deeply regret the death of the Great and Good Queen. ADDRESS .TO THE VOLUNTEERS. Shortly after noon tho volunteers and mounted corps were drawn up in the enclosure at the railway station, where Colonel Webb, addressing them, said: In view of the very sad news that has been received on the death of our Most Gracious Majesty, I consider it right and proper that the minister of religion now present should address tho volunteers on parade. j The Rev. Curzon-Siggers, addressing the men, said that they were assembled on the' saddest occasion that ever they, or he, were ever likely to witness, or had witnessed. It was the saddest event that had ever oc-! curred in the history of our great Empire ! namely, the chronicling of the death of Vic-! toria the Good, the late Sovereign of our! Empire. This was not a day for words, but' a. day on which they should "do as the Home Land was doing—meet together and commit the Empire to the care of the Almighty God, and leave the soul of our Queen in His safe! keeping. He then read the burial service,! aiso the 39th Psalm and the 15th chapter of the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians.; The Rev?. Messrs Jolly and Ronaldson ! also offered up pi-yer. j The volunteers were then marched to the -Agricultural Hall for lunch. At an early hour this morning tho Union Company s s.s. Monowai, the ships Auck- 1 land and Canterbury, and the s.s. Invcrcar-] gill wore profusely decorated with bunting.: •Immediately on the news of the death of the' Queen coming to hand the vessels were stripped of their bright adornment, and the customary flag displayed on such mournful occasions was lowered to half-mast. j CHRTSTCHURCH. January 23. I Bishops Julius (Anglican) and Grimes 1 "(Roman Catholic) have prescribed special prayers to be offered up throughout their respective dioceses'. ' Truth' has the authority of the Bishop of Christchurch for stating that on account of the Queen's death strong efforts are being Hiade to postpone for a few days at least the

jgmecting of the Anglican General Synod, fixed! ||to be held at Napier, to enable the bishops® j|and clergy to remain in their respective dis-f| sstncts to conduct special memorial services, fp