First Official Functions After Funeral. Investitures to be Held Next Month
LONDON, Sunday:- The King will hold, on February 18 and 19, the two investitures which were to have been held by the late…
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Obituaries & funerals, 1936
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Zone of Silence Round Globe King's Funeral To-morrow Broadcasting Details Arranged
LONDON, Saturday.-- A zone of silence will stretch round the globe during the funeral of King George. A Broadcasting Corporation, similar to that which conducted King George address, will broadcast from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thousands Pay Tribute Queue Two Miles Long Despite Fog and Cold Preparations for Royal Funeral London
Tens of thousands more people marched silently past the body of King George in Westminster Hall to-day. The crowds surpassed those of yesterday, and all day, despite the fog and cold, a long queue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King's Funeral Broadcast Plans SYDNEY
The times at which the description of the funeral of King George will be broadcast over the national stations to-morrow were announced by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Obituary. Mr. Frank Sands. Senr
Mr. Frank Sands, Senr., 76, one of the old identities of Coraki, passed away at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. W. Eaton, at Grafton, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irish Free State Will Not Participate in Funeral
LONDON, Monday:--"The Times" Dublin correspondent says it is increasingly evident that the Free State Government does not intend to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death of Boxer Police Make Arrest MELBOURNE
Following the death of James Taylor (32) in hospital on Saturday night, Herbert Nelson Lane (30), labourer, of Collingwood, appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Funeral Stopped by Police Death Due To Excess Of Drugs
The funeral of a man, whose body was removed from Hastings to London while police were making inquiries concerning his death, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Funeral Plans Schedule Rehearsed Pilgrimage to Royal Bier Was Unprecedented London
London has never witnessed anything equalling Sunday's tremendous human current resistlessly setting towards the Hall of Rufus, where in all the loneliness of Kingship lie the remains of George V…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Funeral of King Edward Vii
At the funeral of King Edward VII. on May 20, 1910, the late King George placed on the coffin a small box containing a miniature of the King's Company Colour, or Regimental Standard of the 1st Grenadier Guards. Immediately afterwards the coffin descended…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Obituary Mrs. J. Mikkelsen
The death occurred in the Lismore Base Hospital yesterday of Mrs. Johane Mikkelsen, of Bungabee. The late Mrs. Mikkelsen was 70 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thousands Sleep on Pavements Along Funeral Route Traffic Brought to Standstill
LONDON, Tuesday.-- People awaiting the funeral of King George were standing shoulder to shoulder two and three deep at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dead King Laid to Rest at Windsor Funeral Yesterday Dense Crowds Line Route Seemingly Endless Cavalcade of Illustrious Men
LONDON, Tuesday.--The sun broke through a heavy mass of clouds as the late King George started on his last journey from the historic Hall of Westminster. The solemn silence of the waiting crowds was broken only by the tolling of Big Ben arid the distant boom of the minute gun…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Multitude Throngs Funeral Route People Sleep in Streets Poignant Demonstration of Nation's Grief Brilliant Cavalcade Follows King George to Last Resting Place London
Hundreds of people slept in the streets last night in order to take up good positions to witness the funeral procession to-day. There were amazing scenes early in the morning in St. James-street and Piccadilly. At 5.30 a.m. hundreds of men, women and children were still asleep on the pavements, in shop doorways…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Death of King George
Reference to the death of King George V was made by the president of the Lismore branch of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. R. C. Gibson)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Obituary Mr. James Law
The death occurred at his home on the Meerschaum Vale-Wardell road at 10 o'clock last; night of James Law, a well known resident of the Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greatest Day of Mourning World Has Heard Majestic Panorama of Royal Funeral Throngs in Streets Temporarily Overwhelmed Police and Troops
LONDON, Tuesday.--This was the greatest day of mourning the world has ever seen or heard. Listeners numbered 200,000,000, apart from millions of spectators whose eyes were dimmed by what they witnessed, learned in many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obituary. Mrs. Annetta Brown
Residents of Coraki were deeply moved on Tuesday evening to learn that Mrs. Alex Brown, of Bridge Street, had passed away with tragic suddenness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →King's Funeral Scenes of Poignant Sorrow. a Majestic Pageant
London witnessed amazing scenes on Monday and early on Tuesday morning as people from all over the Kingdom gathered to pay their last tribute of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Funeral Parlors Mr. A. R. Hayes Formally Opens Business
With the final touches being given yesterday to his funeral parlors in Wollumbin Street, almost opposite the Presbyterian Church, Mr. A. R. Hayes…
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