KING EDWARD'S FUNERAL.

Mataura Ensign, 23 May 1910, Page 6

KING EDWARD'S FUNERAL.

A GRATEFUL MESSAGE. PRAISE FOR TROOPS AND POLICE. BX ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPTBI6HT. PEB UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, May 21. King George, in a grateful message to the men of the navy and marines, says he felt that the action of the bluejackets in manning the' gun carriage at Windsor was the most fitting tribute that could have been paid to his beloved father. He highly appreciated the conduct and bearing of all ranks and ratings. He was much pleased with the appearance and steadiness of the troops and with the work of the police, whose task was made easier by the reverent demeanor and orderly spirit of the enormous masses of people. ROYALTIES RETURNING. LONDON, May 21. Many Royalties have already returned to their homes, the Kaiser leaves fop (?Srmany on Monday. ' ; A PAtflC AVERTED. LONDON, May 21. While the funeral procession was at Paddington station glass crashed from a roof, falling among a group of Indian officers. The alarm was intensified by a second louder smashing of glass. The women screamed, but a panic was averted through the officials pointing out that the crash was caused by a man on the roof. THE MEMORIAL SERVICES. WORLD-WIDE OBSERVANCES. LONDON, May 21. The memorial services on Friday were world-wide. At Berlin the Crown Prince attended. Services were also held at Rome and Paris. At Washington President Taft and his Ministers attended the official service, besides which services were held in six other churches in New York. ] The Czar and Czarina were present at that at St. Petersburg. Services were also held at Buenos Ayres, Vienna, San Francisco, Pekin, Khartoum, Constantinople, Brussels, Aden, Monte Video, Sierra Leone (capita 1 of Liberia), Bermuda, Moscow, Tokio, Tangiers, Jamaicaj Corfu (Greece), Perim (at the entrance to the Red Sea), and all British dependencies.