THE LATE KING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14210, 27 May 1910, Page 7

THE LATE KING.

FEEDING THE POOR. (Press Association—By Xele2raph—Copvriglit Received 10.0 p.m., "May L'utii. LONDON, May 2ti. Tho Hindu demonstration at Calcutta to IC-ug Edwards memory was concluded with, the sumptuous feeding ot 20,000 poor persons who were seated iu two rows extending a mile "U either side of the streets, and a gift of a piece of cloth was made to each person. Ihe Maharajah oi' Darbhanga presided and the 20U0 spectators included the Chief Justice and prominent English residents. The poor dispersed after chirring the British Rai. A LABOUR LEADER CENSURED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 2G. The meeting of the Trades and Latour Council last night warmly dobated the action of Mr Rosser, who is president of the local branch, and also president or the dominion executive in sending the- following telegram to the Prime Minister to be forwarded to the Queen Mother on the occasion of the death of King Edward: —•'On behalf of the Dominion Executive of the Trades and Labour Council accept deepest sympathy on loss to the Empire by the death of King Edward. As Prince he tool: an active interest iu housing the poor of Loudon: as King ho was essentially a peacemaker. May his successor follow in iiis steps.'' Mr Rosser presided when the meeting opened and the motion censuring him for sending the telegram without consulting the Auckland branch resulted in 17 votes each way. Mr Rosser gave his casting vote against it. A further motion was moved on similar lines wiiich Mr Rosser ruled out of order, stating that*he had acted on behalf of the Dominion Executive, not on behalf of the Auckland branch. He wa.s in Christc-hurch at the time, and did "not think the labour members of Auckland would have been less patriotic than their brethren elsewhere. Mr Rosser's ruling was disputed and another chairmitn was appointed. The vote of censure was again moved and carried by a narrow majority. At the monthly meeting of the Timaru Main School Committee held last evening, the following resolution was curried. all members standing:— '"That w© express our deep sorrow atthe immeasurable loss sustained by the Empire in the death of our beloved

Sovereign, King Edward VII, who during Lis leigu proved himself in every re-pect a model King, a true and good man, a great philanthropist and an earnest and enthusiastic worker in education and ail that contributed to the amelioration ol' distress and to the moral and social well-being of the community; and that the same be recorded in the minutes."' A MAORI LAMENT. A number of Mauris, including several ehiefains, were intioduced lu the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, 011 Saturday by the Natvo Miui'Ster, Hun. James Carroll, bearing: an address to the Governor, expressing the Maori people's- sorrow at the death of King Ed v. ard VII. The undertook to forward it to \..-:-*Governor for dispatch to England. ilhe loilowiug is the address: — O sir, sorrowful greetings unto you this day 1:0011 which as fate has .ordained we pay the last sad rites to our deceased Ariki, King Edward the Sever. i!i. AVe cannot lot this solemn occasion pa-«: without expresing our sincere grief in these wort's <■{ sympathy and farewell, which we a-k of you to kindly convey to the widowed mutlu-r and her royal family, who now bend lowly in the house of mourning:— Go then. O our Ariki. our King so mindful of thy Maori people; Go to thy lathers and ancestors: Go to our moihc-r, Queen Victoria, to her whoso sympathies so touched her Maori people that the Maori cleaved untc her loyally in her day, and 011 through thine own days. And now that thou hast left the burden of sovereignty to thy son. King George the Fifth, we wiil loyally cleave unto him, even as the I'a.ua (Haliotis) clings to its native sea rock: Go, to the very latest hour j thou hast been the charmed apex of our national structure.

nthe-carn shrdlu cinfwy jwlirdl shxdlin Alas it is now broken Even the plume of the canoe. Mr shield from the tempest In this world of the South: My lofty spreading tree Has fallen and bc-come as dust AYhc-nce these my tears And vain lamentations I am desolate indeed. Go. then, ascend — Climb up, ascend 'hi the sac-red vine Bain*; tho path of Tawhaki By which he ascended the sky To be welcomed by the saints Mokuku and Maliaka; "Come, uphi ted soul," A voice crietii, " Welcome, then, sanctified one." And tii vVc-ii so; U.> tlu-n t : > th:nt anctetui's in liL-avon : V". ' 11 '-hi:path of A«a:ii'.i-:i-ri.ng:, wmcli won now fleams from the sky earthward. A j;i.,win,£ sky print known as th.- „\uaii:roa, ;:n.i as the oi ilon.iro-apjj.-.iiVi :.i a. L-r:'.::aiiC iaddvr whoreon ii:ou iiuiyest loviriid to the t'.-iitii heuve!i: Go. Thou -last, withdrawn thyself from thy sacred throne, ; and the whole earth is eii: Co, j thou were. tile liiisg ;.-f irien -is'iMps. of such friendships u.s enabled the assurance- of peace throughout the earth. To thee, hi our sadness;" () our mother. Queen Alexandra, we now tiirn. for thou art the living lnei.vry <»f liiai whoso mortal Iranie has passed from us: Vi'e <U":ii'e to assure thee thatthy keen aiißiiiii and distress is sympathtrically lVlt by us ail. in the en-ci.r.ii3a.-siiii; darkiu-s which has s;> suddenly fallen on these l'ar distant isles oi the earth: A Lament, a Sorrowing for the Dead. (That of Hitfauri. the widowed sistor of Maui). Cry forth, I cry forth, Yea and indeed — To the mystic tides of the ocean To the deep izuif.s- of the ocean To the leviathan of the cc-ean To the fish of the ocean, To come forward and swallow down Hina. i Hina, the inconsolably bereaved Bereft of her treasured one "Whose strike unto heaven. Sleep thee. Soon shall I follow thee: Brin.ir forth a cleaver t;> end me That 1 should soon be in thy wake. Ah, me. And O for a large measure of sympathy To ease my woe. O. mother, be stouthearted. Although he who was of thy life lias gone to rest with liis numerous ancestors. we .still look towards thee as the source to which our expressions of sorrow and sympathy may be directed, to the end that we be mutually consoled in this mir common woe. And in equal sincerity we would remind tliri that my son, in whom our Tvinir still lives, will require tlie power of

thy sustaining assistance and influence, in this early period of liis sovereign work. Ye have already fulfilled the words of the scripture, wnich sr.ith: I shall make of your issue a numerous nation, to reign in the kingdom of tho Loid. We trust, and believe that thou shalt, m this thy day oi trial, be a-; steadfast and as stouthearted as was our loved mother, Queen Victoria, 011 the death oi her dear husband. And we will ever pray 0 our mother, that the Lord of Hosts shall preserve thee, fur ever, and ever, and e'fer. Amen. TiiE SUN RISKS AGAIN. Turn u.e now to greet and to Welcome you, our King. George the l'ift-h: May you live for ever. " A onder tho sun rises in its brightness." .•rise, thou living soul; a Tetekura die-, and a Tetekura survives Climb hither, ascer.d hitlur. Bring to me the waters of life Even to thy Mauri people, For the night is dark And the slumliers: of the people Fitful and disturbed. Climb hither (1 sou Uu the path of thine ancestors, Thou i>rt of tho highest And brightest of consultations Thou art of li.t.i O; Taiu- and of J-lapai. Of the right company of heaven, \\ hieh gives unto us The hum of the tempest, Tho ilash of tile lightning And the reverberating Roll ot the thunder. AVe welcome thee. Thy Maori people unanimously rejoice that thou hast become their king. AVe rejoice because we have alreatiy .seen you face to face in New Zealand, win 11 it pleased you to announce to us that you renewed the precious covenant of your grandmother, Queen A'ictoria: the protection of your Maori people. "Welcome then. Your Maori people are. in you. assured 01 a continuance towards them of their sovereign's favours and regard during these coming years. And it is right that you should continue those. for you are heir to the ages."' It is with the deepest earnestness we assure you that our affection for you. and yours, is as it has always been to the throne you now grace. May the new King live and prosper. 1 Amen.