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BELOVED _ MONARCH OF GREAT EMPIREK PASSES e U Hitch, able 8 did w The United Kingdom, Canada, Union south Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, the Irish Free State, British Malaya, Aden, Perim, Sokotra, Bahrein Islands, British East Africa, British West â€" Africa, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Scmaliland, St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan de Cunha, Fiji, Tonga, Islands, Solomon Islands, Gilâ€" bert and Ellice Islands, Falkland Isâ€" lands, British Guiana, Newfoundland, Jamaica, Bermuda, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands and British Honduras, are the principal parts of the British Empire. There are, in addition, many protectorates, many smaller cclonies. All have respecteg and adâ€" mired their King. A few years ago, when the King was suddenly striksn with bronchitis, the During his 25 years of reign over the British Empire, King George saw it grow and prosper. How many times he gave his high ministers sound advice when they were in trouble may never be known. At cne time, shortly after the war, there is little doubt that the King could have been a dictator. He did not choose this way, but helped his empire through its time of trouble to see it contented during more recent vears. Ruled a Great and Farâ€"flung Empire Sympathy Comes to British People from the Four Quarters of the Globe. His Majesty King George V. who passed away at 7.02 p.m. Eastern Stanâ€" dard time Monday Eevening, Jan. 20th; 12.02 Greenwich time Jan. 21st. KING IS DEAD The Heirâ€"Apparent to the throne has travelled probably more widely than any other living man. He has been called the Ambassador of Empire, and the effect of his visits in the world at large angqd the popularity he enjoys among all classes and all peoples will give him singular advantages when he assumes the throne. Memorial services for the King will be held in local churches on Sunday, it is expected, although there may be a service on the day of the funeral. Heirâ€"Apparent is Known World Over Prince of Wales has Travellâ€" ed Widely and Been Amâ€" bassador of Goodwill to All the World. whole world extended its sympathy to the British pecple. It was thought then an impossible thing that the Kiing should be so gravely ill. This time, it was different. The world knew for days that the end was near. Yet the same worldâ€"wide sympathy is extended. In Italy whole front pages of newsâ€" papers w‘re given over to kindly sentiâ€" ments toward the British and their King. Memorial Services to be Held in Local Churches TIMMINS, ONT., MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 20TH. 1936 Timmins schools will close on the same day, but will continue as usual toâ€"morrow. Business all over the British Empire will cease on the day of King George‘s funeral. Toâ€"morrow everything will be carried on as usual, it is expected, until official word is received from Ottawa as to the day to be set apart as the Empire‘s day of mourning for the sovereign. Memorial services will be held either on the day of the funeral or on Sunday next. Branch 88 of the Legion has cabled a message of sympathy to Her Majesty the Queen. All activities at the Canadian Legion hall on Cedar street south ceased for the night when news of the King‘s death was received. Two minutes‘ silence was observed at eight o‘clock, the members then dispersed and the hall was darkened. Day of Mourning to be Observed in the Empire In Timmins, it was still January 20th; in England it was January 21st. The sun was shining somewhere in the Emâ€" pire over which it never sets; midnight in London; nearer high noon in midâ€" summer Australia, the Empire‘s most distant point from the capital. Timmins Legion Pays Honour to Dead King The King was the first of the House of Windsor. The greater part of the English peoâ€" ple were abed when the King died. Big Ben in London had hardly comâ€" pleted the striking of the midnight nour before the announcement was made that the King and Emperor had breatheq his last. He lived through the whole of "toâ€"day." He was 70 years, seven months and 17 days old. He had been the official head of the government in the British Empire for exactly 25 years, eight months and 14 days. The second son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexâ€" andra daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark. He suceeded to the throne of England immediately upon the death of his father on May 6th, 1910 and the coronation ceremony was held on June 22nd. 1911. There are four sons and one daughâ€" ter: H. R. H. Edward, Frince of Wales, heirâ€"apparent; HR.H. Prince Albert, Duke of York; H.R.H. Princess Mary, Princess Royal; HR.H. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester; and H.R.H. Prince George. His end was peaceful, as the King‘s physicians had predicted. The heart condition that has been such a source of despair to the Empire‘s foremost medical men was beyond cure. The bronchial condition that aggravated it was an old ailment of the beloved sovâ€" creign of a quarter of the inhabitants of the world. On July 6th, 1893, he married Prinâ€" cess Victoria Mary, daughter of the late H.S.H. Duke of Teck and H.R.H. Princess Mary of Cambridge. Word flashed around the world about ten minutes after seven this evening that the King had died at exactly 7.02 eastern standard time. King George has Peaceful End to Long and Useful Career as Empire‘s Head. pine Aobantr Prince Edward Albert Christian, Duke of Cornwall, heir apparent to the Britâ€" ish throne, was born on June 23rd, 1894. He received his investiture as the Prince of Wales in July, 1911, shortly after his father had been crowned King. The Prince of Wales has many ties here. His Alberta ranch is world reâ€" nowned and in ‘his younger days, the beloved Prince spent much of his time there. On his trips across the broad Dominion, he gave freely of his time. He visited many towns, shook the hand of thousands of Canadians. He visited Timmins in 1919. Heirâ€"Apparent to the British Throne His Royal Highness, Prince of Wales, has Many Ties with Canada and Canaâ€" dians. Prince Edward Albert Christian, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, bot‘n June 23rd, 1894. Heirâ€"apparent. All flags in Timmins will be at hal mast toâ€"morrow ang from that tims until after the funcral of the King. All American broadcasting companies interrupted their programmes to tell the United States the saq news. Unitâ€" ed States had been following the news of the King‘s illness with great symâ€" pathy for their cousins of the British Empire. The Canadian Radio Commission anâ€" nounced just after seven o‘clock this evening that all their programmes exâ€" cept the Canadian Press news at 10.30 p.m. had been cancelled. The Timmins station, CKGB, shut down after making the announcement. Flags at Half Mast Until After Day of the Funeral Canadian Radio Stations Close in Respect to Dead