The flags were flown at half-mast on the men-of-war at Sheerness and elsewhere, the Japanese standard being flown at half-mast on all British battleships in commission today, on the occasion of the funeral of ths late Emperor of Japan. Melbourne, Sept. 13.
Flags were lowered to half-mast everywhere in Austral including all the Government buildings, as a mark of respect for the late Emperor of Japan.
The service in London was attended by the whole of the staffs of the Embassy and Consulate and over 100 members of the Japanese colony. Baron Kato, Ambassador in London, read an address to the 31 of the Into Emperor, extolling his virtues. The whole company filed past a portrait of the late Emperor and paid homage to it.
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