THE POPULACE BEWILDERED
CUEFEW BELL RINGS.
"GOD SAVE THE KING."
Eeceived January 24, 9.5 a.m. London, January 23. The people's breathless fear grew, tense and more poignant as each bulletin was published. The Prince of Wales' teleeram to the Lord Mayor was the first intimation of the death of the Queen, and ended the suspense at seven on Tuesday evening. The general feeling was one of stunned bewilderment, drowning all expression of grief and a knowledge of the real extent of the nation's loss. The Chairman of the London County Council, addressing a meeting of members, referred to the dead Sovereign as the best loved and most illustrious of all our monarchs.
At the usual Hilary term dinner at Gray's Inn, Master Beetham said : "We must, according to Constitutional usage, recite ' God Save the King.' " The chapel bell then tolled 82 times in honour of the 82 years of the Queen's life. The health of the new King was duly honoured. After tho death, the cutLw bell at Windsor pealed the knell ; also those of the churches in the provinces, Balmoral, and along the whole Dee side. Keceived January 24, 9.14 a.m. London, January 28. The German Crown Prince arrives at Osborne to-day.
The Queen always hoped not to die in her sleep, leat she would not be surrounded by her beloved ones. Her wish was gratified.
A few days ago Her Majesty thoughtfully told her attendants to go for a walk and take some air. All the Government establishment?, ships, colonial agencies, and public buildings have hoisted flags at halfmast.
Minute guns were fired at the various ports.
Races and athletic fixtures have been postponed, and some abandoned altogether.
The organ at Crystal Palace played the "Dead March."
Entertainments were stopped. The bells of the cathedra's and of the churches in the smallest villages tolled.
Public bodies are adopting resolutions of profound sorrow.
Several French papers describe the Queen's death to anxiety over the war.
The Quebec Parliament buildings are draped in black. The Stock Exchange is closed.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7109, 24 January 1901, Page 2
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