TWO minutes' silence at noon yesterday linked Australia with the rest of the Empire in a funeral tribute to the memory of the late king George V.Hundreds of thousands attended services in all parts of the commonwealth, and for those two minutes in which men and women stood with bowed heads the life ...
Article : 755 wordsYesterday morning, when a memorial service was held in St. Stephen's Church of England, and again in the afternoon, when a united service was ...
Article : 285 wordsMELBOURNE'S city streets were crammed at mid-day with the tens of thousands emptied from the shops and other business premises to mourn their beloved King, and at Parliament House steps, where the State memorial service was held, 50,000 assembled, ...
Article : 876 wordsThe three national memorial church services held in Hobart to-day were marked by impressive solemnity and unparalleled fervency. So great were the crowds who sought admission to the churches that thousands could not be accommodated, despite the fact that all available ...
Article : 1,825 wordsA memorial. service occupied the first part of the service at St. Stephen's Church. Smithton. yesterday, and included the "Dead March in Saul," ...
Article : 680 wordsIn the fading light on the lawn at Hilder Parade, Burnie, last evening, a very large gathering, representative of all sections of the community, joined in ...
Article : 689 wordsThere were fitting observances at Ulverstone in connection with the funeral of the late King George. All business premises closed from 11.45 a.m. ...
Article : 546 wordsMaking their first official appearance in Canberra the Governor General, Lord Gowrie, and Lady Gowrie were the central figures in ...
Article : 165 wordsA service in commemoration of the death of King George was held in St. Mark's Church of England at 7.30 a.m. yesterday, when Holy Communion was ...
Article : 192 wordsSpeaking at the Devonport in memoriam service last evening as the representative of the State Commandant, Colonel J. P. Clark, D.S.O., V.D., said: ...
Article : 581 wordsAt 11.45 a.m. yesterday the shops at Sheffield closed for half an hour and a largo and representative gathering, including the school children, assembled ...
Article : 359 wordsHOBART, Tuesday.—The following address, on behalf of the Parliament of Tasmania, was forwarded last week to the Governor (Sir Ernest Clark) by ...
Article : 339 wordsThe King has sent the following message to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives :— ...
Article : 112 wordsThere was a large attendance at the memorial service in the Oddfellows' Hall, Latrobe last evening, at which the Warden (Cr. W. Cutts) presided. ...
Article : 327 wordsAll work was suspended for twenty minutes by the management of the Goliath Cement Company at its Railton works yesterday, so that the employes ...
Article : 99 wordsRev. J. J. Cramp conducted a memorial service to the late King at St. Paul's, Stanley. The service was impressive, and all denominations were ...
Article : 138 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—Telegrams from the capitals yesterday indicated preparation of world-wide mourning. France closed the schools and ordered ...
Article : 49 wordsLONDON, Monday.—The "Times" devotes a lender to the transformation of Australia Day, usually given up to sport and merriment, into a day of ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Wed 29 Jan 1936, Page 7
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