PASSING OF KING EDWARD.

Mataura Ensign, 13 May 1910, Page 5

PASSING OF KING EDWARD.

THE FUNERAL. GERMAN ROYAL MjOURNERS. <y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. PEE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received May 13, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, May 12. The Kaiser and his brother (Prince Henry of Prussia) arrived on Thursday in order to attend the funeral of their uncle. SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSED. Received May 13, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, May 12. The elementary schools will be closed on the day of the funeral. VIEWING THE PAGEANT. Received May 13, 9.45 a.m. LONDON, May 12. Great prices, up to £SOO, are being given for the use of windows in the West End on the day of the funeral. COSTLY WREATHS. Received May 13, 9.45 a.m. LONDON, May 12. Many of the wreaths sent to Buckingham Palace cost £IOO each. The Kaiser's was six feet in diameter. PUBLIC MOURNING. Received Mav 13, 12.50 p.m. LONDON, May 12. Tho "Official Gazette' says it is neither desired nor expected that the public shall appear in deep mourning after June 17, but half-mourning should be worn till July 29.

THE WHOLE WORLD KIN. TRIBUTES FROM OVERSEAS. Received May 13, 10.40 a.m. LONDON, May 12. Besides messages from New Zealand, the Commonwealth and the United States, tributes and messages have been received and published from 5000 Victorian Boy Scouts, the Tasmanian Victoria League, the Victorian Racing Clubj Melbourne Municipal Council, Australian Natives' Association, the various Consuls-General, the Moderator of the Australian Presbyterian Church, the Greek community in New South Wales, the Freemasons of Queensland and Victoria, the women of South Aus* tralia, many sliire councils (including Parao, Rutherglen, Illaboo, Hawker, Kerang and Strathfield-Saye); from Rangiuia (the Maori singer now in Europe), Admiral Ijiclii (commanding the Japanese training squadron recently in Australian waters), the Melbourne Board of Works, Victorian Stock Exchnage, Melbourne Mineowners' Association, Melbourne Agricultural Society, the Oddfellows of Bendigo, the Mayors of Ipswich, Bendigo, Corowa, Armidale, Toowoomba, Newcastle, Northcote, Marrickville, Perth, Wellington, South Brisbane, Ballarat, Ballarat East, Eaglehawk, Castlemaine and Hawthorne.

ALTERED PRAYER-BOOKS. Received May 13, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, May 12. The Oxford and Cambridge University presses have issued altered Prayerbooks which contain the formula: "Our Gracious Queen' Mary, Alexandra the Queen-Mother, and Edward, Duke of Cornwall." FOR NONCONFORMISTS. Received May 13, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, May 12. The Rev. J. H. Jowett (president of the Free Church Council and one of the leading preachers of Nonconformity) is preparing a memorial service for the use of Nonconformists.

CANADA'S MOURNING. Received May 13, 9.30 a.m. OTTAWA, May 12. The Dominion Government has appropriated a sum of £7OOO for draping every Federal building in Canada with mourning. THE MILITARY TOURNAMENT. Received May 13, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, May 12. It is still uncertain whether the indefinite postponement of the military tournament means its abandonment for this year.

THE CIVIL LIST. Received May 13, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, May 12. General satisfaction is expressed regarding the decision of Mr Asquith (Prime Minister) to appoint a Select Committee in June to prepare proposals for a settlement of the Civil List.

Originally the expenses of our Sovereigns were paid from what were called the "hereditary revenues of the Crown," which consisted of the rents of Crown lands supplemented by certain taxes and excise duties voted by Parliament for that purpose. Now, however, it lias become the custom for each successive Sovereign to surrender his hereditary revenues to the House of Commons in exchange for a Civil List paid from the ordinary taxation of the nation. In accordance with this custom his Majesty King Edward VII. placed unreservedly liis hereditary revenues at the disposal of the House of Commons, who by the Civil List Act, 1901, directed them to be paid into the Exchequer and made part of the Consolidated Fund. In return the House of Commons directed that the King's Civil List should be £470,000 annually and that in addition annuities should be granted of £20,000 to the Prince of Wales, £IO,OOO to the Princess of AVales, and £IB,OOO to trustees for the three daughters of his Majesty. The Duke of Connaught receives an annuity of £25,000, and the late King's sisters receive £6OOO a year each.

RACING POSTPONED. Received May 13, 12.50 p.m. LONDON, May 12. AH racing fixtures will be abandoned till June 23. DENMARK'S REPRESENTATIVE. Received May 13, 12.50 p.m. LONDON, May 12. King George met the King of Denmark (his uncle) at the Victoria railway station.