EDWARD OF ENGLAND.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13164, 24 January 1936, Page 6

EDWARD OF ENGLAND.

GORGNATION IN 1937, KING WISHES BUSINESS TO GO ON. (Received I p.m.) United. Press Assn —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 23. Early in his speech in the Commons Air Baldwin announced that the Coronation would be held with appropriate pomp and ceremony in 1937. , , „ , It is officially announced that the King does not desire the proclaiming of January 28th a,s a day of mourning a.s he feels that the suspension of business activity would cause widespread hardship and loss. A FINE GESTURE. His Majesty wishes the people of Britain to mark the solemnity oi the late King’s funeral in such manner as each may think api>ropriate lor his Majesty knows well that, the late King will be constantly in the thoughts of the people throughout the day. His Ala jesty's Ministers suggest the observance or" two minutes silence during the funeral service at Windsor, exact time being announced to-morro... The Stock Exchange is closing on January 28th. (Received 1.30 p.m.) (Sandringham 3 p.m.) The crowd was very dense near the station and their feelings were at break lag point when the beat 0,1 the drum heralded the solemn strain’s of Beethoven's Funeral March. The Bearskins of the Guardsmen were silhouetted against, the sky as they- appeared over the brow of the hill". A sharp .wind, blowing across the marshes from the sea, met the procession as it filed .clown. The King looked at the throng now* and. again and seemed to nod to some villagers. Men and women sobbed unrestrainedly r.nd some collapsed w.it.li* grief. LOWERING OF THE COLOURS. As the cortege entered the station yard, members of the British Leg.ion lowered their banners in salute, and the Guardsmen carried the coffin across die red carpet to the waiting' train in which the Royal Family inw mediately took their seats. ALL TRIBUTES TAKEN ON TRAIN The crowd broke through the police cordon and ran across the fields along the railings bordering the lino. The train proceeded slowly for the first half mile, and did not gather speed until it passed the last of the mourners.

One compartment was filled with flowers not even the smallest tribute from the villagers being left behind