SYMPATHY IN AUSTRALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4263, 24 January 1901, Page 5

SYMPATHY IN AUSTRALIA

i SYDNEY, January 23. The Governor-General has received a cablegram "conve3'ing thanks for his expressions of. sympathy with the Royal family. Lord Hopdtoun is at present declining social engagements. | (Received January 23, 5.31 p.m.) S January 23. lb is unlikely that any pro'c'a::.';.'tion of the- Queen's death will issue to ri:.y ; lowing to doubt as to the precise forJmula to be adopted. | ManV buildings in the city sire draped jwith black. The post omoo ohimt-.s arc I muffled. \ News of the death of William IV. I took four montlis to reach' Australia, but 1 the Queen's demise was knj.vn hi lis Imany hours. a Queen's square, which a v. aak or two Sago was gaily decked for the t'tdfrnl Kceremony, is to-day festoonr.d with thick. |The Queen's statue in the centre of tin Hsquaro is draped in mournim;. I (.Received January 23, 11.47 p.m.) I SYDNEY, January 23.

1 ■ When the Federal Executive met alt inoon Lord Hopetoun communicated i.a.s| |bad news to Ministers.- The ExeCutive| llimmediately adjourned until to-morrow-.£ I The Mayor has sent the following! Scable message to the Secretary of State* ifor the Colonies:—"Ti.o mouvn| jsthe loss of their beloved Queen." L <$ Tha bells of the various churches have!; tolling throughout the day. b % One curious sight was that the fla£S| Sat Admiralty House and on the Roys'!: fa Arthur were not half-masted. This was| Sbecause the Admiral's flasr is a lone, and is never lowared except on th&; gfdeath of the Admiral. f M At four o'clock this afternoon the pi Royal Arthur and the Tauranga fired si eighty-two minute guns. i ADELaj.DE, January 23. 'im The Government offices have becm Flags are flyiivr at half-mast fland bells are tolling. Many shops were] to-day and the shutters draped in ffl black. m The Governor, Lord Tennyson, has oil cn>2asromer,.ts. m MELBOURNE, January 23. ia Svmpathetic references were, made to Sher'Majesty's death at the; Stock ExJHchango. where business wag suspended. gSMvinv business houses al-o closed. raSisns of mourning are very noticeable Ijgainonc: the German section of the comjgomnity. The Town Hall' is to be drap•sed in black.

((.Received January 24, 0.55 a.m.) BRISBANE, January 23. A number of shops are draped lis black and church bells are tolling. The Governor (Lord Lamington) ha?, cabled to the Secretary of State for tlu Colonies that the Government and peopk received the sad news v.-ith. profound sorrow, and express the deepest sympathy. Special services have been arranged r'or all the churches on Sunday.