DEATH OF THE KING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10451, 10 May 1910, Page 4

DEATH OF THE KING.

LATEST NEVr'S. [By Electric Ti:i.k:;ra:*u —Corvineht.J (Pep. I'p.ess Assor iation.) Toward the Clded. Received May !m. j ; a.m. !.•"ii. May ■>. Queen Alexandra w;r- holding Edward's hand wis-n h<> I•:!- -<i away. The death ira'ii-r ui'draped and the only addiiii.n -in-- nionan h's death are ". i-w «!•!*<• :!:>w«>rs and viulets, being Uii ! i-i; Al<-xandra's ia.sr offering. The Kinj: li'-.s upon a low single bed with a plain wooden frame under tlnordinary white coverlet: with his arms outside crossed at the wrists. His faco is still bronzed, as the result of the Biarritz excursion. Nurse Fletcher and one of the royal pages are watching by the bedside.. Sir Luke Fildes. the artist, sketched the dead King, and J. S. Sergeant, the artist, also visited the deatli chamber. Received May 10, at 9.40 a.m.

London, May 9. King Edward on •Saturday at Sandringham inspected the gardens and kennels, the. paddocks, the foals and the yearlings, and then- went over to Anmcr. the new estate, to see the club rooms, built for the villagers. On Sunday he inspected the improvements in the little ivy-clad church in which the memorial window is being erected in memory of Montagu Guest, and in the afternoon he was at the home farm dairy. On Monday lie met and chatted at the garden gates with pensioners. One old woman came to the door and courtesied, but Edward waved her in out of the rain, saying, "Keep yourself warm, granny." The Rev. Henry Scott Holland, preaching at St. Paul's, referred to Queen Alexandra as the Queen Mother. It is understood she is entitled to this instead of the Queen Dowager. It is announced that Queen Alexandra is well. After the service at the Chapel Royal she individually thanked King Edward's suite for their devotion to him. Queen Alexandra and Priii-rjss v;ctorfa personally received the household in the death chamber when they farewelled the King. The Daily News, on the authority of one in closest touch w'th th_ Court, states that King Edward was optimistic on Friday, and stated: "I am alright." In thte evening he urged the Quten to attend thfi opera. The New? adds that it was undoubtedly heart weakness rather than bronchitis that caused death.

King Haakon is at Buckingham, anil King Alfonso is coming to Kensington v Palace. The latter's wife is unable to make the journey.

Sentiment at Home. London. May 10. The National Council of the Free Churches, the Institute of Journalists, and many other bodies have condoled with Queen Alexandra and the Royal Family.

Since the death of Queen Victoria no event has occasioned such deep and genuine sorrow in Edinburgh. King Edward's association with Edinburgh dated from his youth. Most loyal iftessages have Jwn received from Dublin and other Irish cities. The Times' .Dublin correspondent says that Ireland's mourning at the unexpected news established an almost unprecedented bond of sympathy between all parties and creeds. The Nationalists of Ireland respected Queen Victoria and the Unionists of Ireland loved her, but Unionist and Nationalist alike loved King Edward for his qualities of King and man. There was no thought of politics in Ireland's regard for Edward, and none in the chorus of sympathy and sorrow wherein to-day from Lord Aberdeen and the Nationalist Lord Mayor of Dublin to the humblest peasants of Connemara the whole people has united.

Dominion's Overseas. London, May 10. Advices from Bombay state that the wise and benignant sympathy imbuing King Edward's last proclamation has touched a responsive chord throughout India, hut now a feeling of pessimism is showing itself at the untimely loss of an influence priceless at this juncture.

The Government buildings were abundantly draped in purple and black. The proclamation was read by Sir J. G. Ward from the steps of the old Parliament Buildings, the Governor being unable to be present. There was a large gathering of representative men. Subsequently the Mayor read the proclamation to the citizens in the Town Hall. The weather was gloomy. Loyal German Subjects. " Melbourne, May 10. The news of King Edward's death arrived in the midst of the jubilee celebrations of the Deutscher \erein. The president, moving an expression of deep sorrow, said the whole German community received the sad news with deep grief. There were no' more loyal subjects of Edward than therGermans in Australia. The motion was carried in silence, the gathering standing. The concert was postponed.