When the House of Commons met on Wednesday, the first business was the reception of a message of condolence regarding the death of King Edward from the ...
Article : 488 wordsIn the presence of King George, Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra, Princess Louise, Princess Victoria, Queen Maud of Denmark, the King of Denmark, and the Duke ...
Article : 227 wordsMany striking messages of condolence have arrived from abroad. Among them are telegrams from the councils-general throughout France, fom the native chiefs ...
Article : 158 wordsA sensational colliery explosion has taken place in the Wellington pit, at Whitehaven, near Scranton, in Pennsylvania. It is not yet possible to ascertain whether ...
Article : 62 wordsAll hope of rescuing the miners entombed in the Whitohaven colliery has been abandoned. On Saturday, a special rescue party from Newcastle, Tankersly ...
Article : 317 wordsIt was a brilliant, dry Whitsuntide, and many excursionists went to the seaside, but owing to the funeral of the late King, there will fewer prolonged absences from ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia arrived in London on Friday. They were met by King George and Queen Mary and driven to Buckingham ...
Article : 141 wordsAt Queen Alexandra's request, a service was held at 10 o'clock on Sunday night in the throne-room at Buekingham Palace, to which the body of King Edward was moved ...
Article : 305 wordsQueen Alexandra and the ladies of the Royal Family will take part in the procession through the streets of London as far as Paddington station, where the body will ...
Article : 190 wordsThe Lord Chancellor, Lord Loreburn, read the King's message in the House of Lords. The Earl of Crowe, Lord Privy Seal ...
Article : 154 wordsKing George has sent a message expressing his deep grief at the terrible catastrophe, and his heartfelt sorrow for the wives and families of the victims. The ...
Article : 99 wordsThe funeral wreath sent by the Common wealth Government is composed of laurel, palm leaves, white orchids, and lilies of the valley. It is draped with broad red ...
Article : 97 wordsAn extraordinary demand has set in for seats overlooking the route of the funera procession on Friday. Stands are being erected above areas and ...
Article : 102 wordsThe decision of the authorities to brick up the entrance to the workings in which the fire is raging in the Wellington coal mi[?] at Whitehaven angered the colliers ...
Article : 95 wordsTributes to the memory of King Edward VII. continue to be received from all quarters. The "British Weekly," in its ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Government has decided to pay all its workmen full pay on the day of the funeral, though all work will be suspended Many private employers are arranging to ...
Article : 95 wordsEvery Premier in British South Africa, the Johannesburg, correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" says, is going to Cape Town to meet Lord Gladstone, the first ...
Article : 155 wordsA party of bluejackets will draw the gun carriage bearing the coffin from Westminster to Paddington, thus perpetuating the precedent accidentally caused on the ...
Article : 65 wordsMr. G. N. Barnes, chairman of the British Parliamentary Labor party, and Mr. Arthur Henderson, a member of the party, who are in Germany, state that the ...
Article : 150 wordsKing George has commanded the Earl Marshal of England, the Duke of Norfolk, to publish a notification of His Majesty's hope that solemn services will be held at ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Gree[?]an Royal yacht Amphitrite, bound for Brindisi, with the King of Green and the Crown Prince on board, on then way to the funeral met with an unpleasant ...
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