EMPIRE SERVICES.
Bust of Lawrence for Crypt of St. Paul's. BESIDE FAMOUS COUNTERPART (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 29. The "Sunday Dispatch" says that Lawrence's services to the Empire will bo commemorated by a bronze bust tablet in the crypt at St. Paul's Cathedral, in the vicinity of the burial places of Nelson and Wellington and immediately adjoining the tomb of Professor Palmer, who was murdered in the Sinai desert in 1882 by the tribes "whom Lawrence later led to victory. Professor Palmer was an Orientalist and archaeologist, and, coincidentally, was a counterpart of Lawrence, being on a secret British mission to rally the tribes in view of Arabi Pasha's antiEgyptian rising.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 231, 30 September 1935, Page 7
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112EMPIRE SERVICES. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 231, 30 September 1935, Page 7
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