NORWAY'S SORROW

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23201, 22 November 1938, Page 11

NORWAY'S SORROW

QUEEN'S SUDDEN DEATH HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE COURT MOURNING COMMANDED MESSAGE FROM KING HAAKON By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. Nov. 20 The death of Queen Maud of Norway was due to heart failure. She passed away in her sleep, when only a nurse was present. The Queen's death in a nursing home on the date her mother, Queen Alexandra, died 1.3 years ago, was so sudden that King Haakon, who is staying at Buckingham Palace, was unable to reach her bedside. Doctors were summoned but could only certify the cause of death. An official bulletin, confirming the cause of the Queen's sudden death as heart failure, says that during the hours before midnight the distresses incidental to an abdominal operation had diminished and a disturbed day had given place to restfulness. The congregation at the Norwegian Church at Kotherhithe listened to a message from King Haakon, who said: "God has taken the Queen from me this night. It is a heavy loss, although

I well know it is His will. He has taken her because hor work on earth is finished and He has, I know, spared her thus much suffering." King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived at Buckingham Palace in the evening. They had attended church service at the village of St. Paul's, Wolden, where they spent the weekend with the Queen's brother, the Hon. David Bowes-Lyon. The King later commanded Court mourning until December 18. King Haakon, after a talk to Their Majesties, visited Queen Mary. The news caused sorrow throughout the nation, states a message from Oslo. Newspapers were permitted to break the ban against Sunday publications. Crowds gathered before the Boyal Palace gazing at the half-masted Royal banner. King Haakon sent a message to the Bishop of Oslo, stating: "The Queen has passed away. It is'well to know she is free from any more pain." The Crown Prince Olaf is going to London. DOMINION'S SYMPATHY MESSAGE TO GOVERNMENT [by telegraph—press association] WELLINGTON, Monday : The Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, lias been asked by His Excellency the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, to arrange for a message of sympathy to he sent on behalf of New Zealand to the Norwegian Government in connection with the death of Her Majesty Queen Maud of Norway.