DEATH OF KING GEORGE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19025, 27 May 1936, Page 11

DEATH OF KING GEORGE

TOLLING OF THE BELLS “SENIOR BENCHER” PASSES FINE BRITISH TRIBUTE "The hell of Lincoln’s Inn Chapel has tolled for the passing of the (Senior Bencher of the Honourable Society, echoing the pulsing heat of the cannon at the Tower,” remarks the Conveyancer, a British monthly journal devoted iIcgal and commercial interests, in the course of a remarkably tine tribute lo the late King George V. "At the corner of Chancery lame, hard by the law eourls, the Officers o, Anns have proclaimed the High aim Mighty Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Edward tin Eighth, hv the Grace of God. oi Great Britain. Ireland, and Hie British Dominions beyond the seas King. Defende: of (hi’ Faith. Emperor of India. In Westminster Flail the (lead King’s body has lain in the midst of an ever-moving tide of countless multitudes of his mourn ing peoples With pomp and pageantry our lain beloved Sovereign has been carried to sepulture at Windsor with his Royal parents and others of his predecessors. In the wintry sunlight the Mags have dropped at half mast, and London has been hushed in quiet mourning for a great King and a man whose instinctive understanding of the hearts of his innumerable peoples, and consistent devotion to duty, had endeared him to all. The ‘British Commonwealth of Nations as a family mourns its lost head, and all the peoples of the earth in sympathy and reverence have paid tribute at his passing. "Not least among his loyal and loving subjects the conveyancers. those humblest laborious journeymen oT the law. sorrow for the death of King George V. Here was one who through many ti millions years, without intermission or respite, devoted himself lo the high duties of the State and the welfare of his people. By his high examnie may not all of us lie encouraged? For him no work was too dull or toilsome which his duty called him to perform ; like some, humble conveyancer, among his papers, the King sat til his (able, work ing steadily with care and accuracy, while the enormous weight of vast re sponsihililv lay heavy on his shoulders never once lifted through all the years of his reign.

"However laborious our work inn \ he, often as we tire, or doubt (lie utility of what we do. we can t'cmeinbev tie steadfast devotion of our last King, and lake heart in thinking of the high model which he was to us. and ii ■ on mommies always will he. "Nor was it this alone that makes Hu King’s memory so dear to -us and lib loss so poignant. Here verilv was om who was ‘a veray parlit gentle knight, the soul of honour iiiul eourtesv. Hi eldest spokesman and examnler of (hose over whom lie held sway. By the man hood of the King, ns much as by the

kindliness of the man. lie drew his people to iiiir. in a way seldom, possibly never, equalled by any other occupant of the Throne, lie could say with Queen Elizabeth—and at his .Til hi lee we proved it to him—'This L account the especial glory of my crown, that I have reigned with your loves.’ Many ot us took up arms in his service, and lighting in his name learnt to love and trust, him. Too ;Vl :my of us have, to our shame, sadly failed him in the years since the war. He. as we knew, sought so earnestly for peaee. happiness and prosperity for nil; l ;ll t we *by our warring factions and nerveless, by timidity and lack ol resolution and endeavour, denied him the fruition of bis labours and bis, high ideals. Let us in humility strive henceforth to emulate .11 is late Majesty, on whose passing it may be writ!on as it was said long since by Mr. \ alinnl-for-Truth :

‘•Tin'll ])<> said. 'I am going lo mv Father's: ami though with grout diOiouHy I am hither, yet now I do not rollout nil* of all tlio trouble I have loo’ l :it to arrive whoro 1 nm. -My sword I give to liini that shall succeed me in mv nilgi'iniago. and mv courage and skill to him Iha I can get 'it. Mv marks and

soars T carry with mo. to 1 e a witness for mo that I have fought llis. hatties who now will ho mv rewarder.’ So he passed over, and all the trumped s sounded for him on the other side. “Through all the long, troubled ye?.r> of his reign, the King was sustained ami comforted by a great lady, bis Royal Consort. To her'in the hour of her sorrow we all extend the sympathy which is sharpened by a sense of our ownloss. Tor her. our dear Queen Mary, we all have a deem and abiding affection which her queenliness and her -understanding have deepened as the years went. by. _ “And to our new King Kdward. also whose private sorrow has been put aside Unit lie might take no the burden D’M was laid clown bv bis Father, we offer with homage and respect our deenest svmpathv and most heartfelt condolence^ 11 is manhood has been won and move before our eves; and in loyally wishing him a long and glorious reign, we know what a worthy successor this is going to be to King' George the Fifth. Villi al Pis subjects we ‘join with one vow--aml consent of tongue and heart, m saying Cod Rave the lying.