NO LYING IN STATE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11667, 29 January 1901, Page 2

NO LYING IN STATE.

MOURNING TO BE KEPT BY ALL PERSONS. BRITISH AND DUTCH UNITED IN SORROW. Received January 29, 10.53 a.m. London, January 25.— There will be, no lying in state beyond the coffin remaining for a few days at Osborae in the , dining room. , The Duke of Norfolk notifies that itj is expected, in pursuance of an Order of! the King in Privy Council yesterday, that all persons keep mourning from the 28th inst. There will be general mourning for six weeks at Malta. The Dutch churches at the Cape are draped in black. The Dutch and British for the first time for many years are sincerely united in sorrow and mourning. The burghers at Pretoria show re* spectful sympathy. The Australian troops under Colonel De Lisle heard of the Queen's death on arriving at Clanwilliam, and were terribly shocked and grieved. Mr Van Wynck, the Tammany Mayor of New York, alone refuses to half-mast his flag in the Queen's honour. Along miles of Fifth Avenue drooping flags are displayed. The English competitors and several Australians declined to shoot for the two thousand guineas pigeon prize at Monte Carlo as a sign of mourning, though it was considered that Macintosh, the Australian, would prove the winner. ■ - Received January 29, 4.35 p.m. Sydney, January 28. — .Lord Hopetoun has received a cable stating that the Queen is to be buried on Saturday next. Received January 28, 4.40. p.m. Sydney, January 28. — Lord Hopetoun's message commands the deepest mourning from to-day till after the funeral. A further cable from Mr Chamberlain states he is commanded t>y the King to convey the cordial thanks of the Royal family to Ldrd Hopetoun, the Commonwealth and the Public Bodies for their message of sympathy.