KING FEISAL'S BURIAL
BODY TO BE CARRIED BY AIR. (United Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, September .13. Sir Francis Humphrys (British Ambassador to Iraq) will represent his Majesty at. the public funeral of King Feisal, at Bagdad. H.M.S. Despatch, which is conveying the late King's body home, is due to arrive to-morrow at Haifa, where a Royal Air Force aeroplane is in readiness to carry it on the last stage qf the journey to Bagdad.
ARABS RUSH THE DAIS. REMARKABLE SCENES AT HAIFA. LONDON, September 14. There were remarkable scenes at Haifa on the arrival of King Feisal's body at the aerodrome for a. religious ceremony. Fifteen thousand Arabs broke the police cordon and rushed toward the dais on which the coffin was placed, endeavouring to touch it. Mounted police with drawn batons eventually cleared the way to the aeroplane, which started,for Bagdad.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 287, 15 September 1933, Page 5
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