The. Earl of Anorum, eldest son of the Marquis of Lothian, will shortly depart for New South Wales, where he will act as aide-de-camp to the newly-appointed Governor, the Earl of Jersey. Lord Ancrnm is 23 years of age.
The colour used to denote mourning has often been changed. In Rome males wore blaok for mourning, while the women indicated their grief by wearing white gar* ments. In Turkey, at - the present day, the monming hue is violet, in China white, in Egypt yellow, in Ethiopia brown, In London and America black. The mourning colour in Spain was white until changed by the laws of 1498.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 978, 28 November 1890, Page 11
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