THE LATE KING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14209, 25 May 1910, Page 5

THE LATE KING.

THE FUNERAL TRAPPINGS. Tress Ateociation-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, May Thousands are visiting St. George's Chapel to inspect the funeral, trappings. Five thousand of the wreaths cost £70,000. The Queen Mother has arranged to have every wreath photographed. DEPARTURE OF THE KAISER. The King, the Duko of Connaught, Princes Edward and Albert, and the Duke and Duchess of Argyle took leave of the Kaiser at Victoria station. Great crowds were present. The Kaiser, in a farewell message, warmly appreciates the sincere sympathy shown by the public in the nation's sad bereavement. STATUE IN ADELAIDE.

ADELAIDE, May 24

At a meeting of the City Council the Mayor announced that owing to the death of the King he did not intend to give a civic banquet. Instead, he would subscribe £SOO towards erecting a statue to King Edward in Adelaide. Other subscriptions and £250 voted by the Council already make a fund of £3BOO. AN OFFICIAL REPORT. TREATMENT OF KING EDWARD, Received 10 p.m., May 24th. LONDON, May 24. The following is official:—Queen Alexandra is very grieved at the report printed and circulated by some society that King Edward's death was caosed by a vaccine treatment he had received to prevent him contracting influenza or pneumonia before his journey to Biarritz. Queen Alexandra wishes it to be known that before King Edward left England he never felt in better spirits than after this treatment, for it kept him in excellent health, to His Majesty's entire satisfaction, for no less than fifteen months. The attack at Biarritz was in no wayrelated to the previous course of treatment.

QUEEN MOTHER'S HOME. Queen Alexandra iu reply to an Unfounded rumour that hereafter she will be residing in Denmark, declares that she will ever regard England as her home. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 24. Sir Joseph Ward states that tho number of telegrams sent by jam on tile seventh and eighth May connected' with the King's death numbered 2730, and from the 9th to 20th May connected with the King's death 25.731 messages, aggregating two million three hundred and sixty seven thousand one hundred and twenty words. -Apart from this the number of telegrams from the public despatched by tho telegraph offices throughout the Dominion between the time of the announcement of the King's death and tho funeral was two hundred and ninety six thousand, and the number received for the same period two hundred and ninety seven thousand. lie v. as unable to give th!e number ot words connected with either of these records. The work was carried out by the telegraph offices throughout the Dominion in a highlv satisfactory manner reflecting the greatest credit upon the staff.