LAST JOURNEY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 9

LAST JOURNEY.

■ FUNERAL AT WINDSOR, Royal Chapel Service Will Be Simple. LONDON PROCESSIONS. British Official Wireless. (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, January 24. Arrangements for the last stage of the funeral of the late King George at Windsor on Tuesday are nearing completion, and tiers of seats, to extend the accommodation in the nave of St. George's Chapel to 1000, are being erected. The choir, where the banners of the Knights of the Garter hang, will have seating capacity for about 200. , The form of the service, in which the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishop of Winchester, who is prelate of the Order of the Garter, the Dean of Windsor, canons and minor canons will take part, will be simple, and will include singing by the choir of the King's favourite livnin, "Abide With Me."

The Roj'al runeral procession will leave Westminster Hall on Tuesday at 9.45 a.m. The coffin will be carried on a gun carriage drawn by a gun's crew consisting of five naval officers and 142 bluejackets, of whom 98 will man the drag ropes ahead and 40 the drag ropes astern. a Royal Marine guard of 53 officers and men will be mounted at AVestminster Hall, and 1900 Royal Navy ratings, 100 Royal Navy volunteer ratings, 580 Royal Marine's will line the first part of the route to Paddington Station, where a naval guard, with colours, will be mounted. The naval escort in the procession itself will consist of 24 Navy and Royal Marine officers and 350 naval ratings, and 150 Royal Marine guardsmen and London territorials will line the latter part of the route to Paddington, where the procession will arrive at 11.30 a.m. The Royal funeral train will reach Windsor at 12.15 p.m. In the procession to St. George's Chapel, the gun carriage, which will be the same as that used in the funerals of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII., and will be drawn by naval ratings from H.M.S. Excellent, and will be escorted by 100 officers and men from the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. There will be special memorial services for the late King on Tuesday at St. Paul's Cathedral and in Westminster Abbey. The Duke of Connaught will attend a memorial service at Bath. King Edward has approved a special order of service in commemoration of his father for use in all churches. In the prayers Queen Mary is referred to as "Mary,, the Queen mother."

It has been decided that two minutes' silence, which will be observed throughout the United Kingdom on Tuesday, will begin at 1.30 p.m.

Although Tuesday has not been proclaimed a day of public mourning, in view of the King's and Queen Mary's wish that hardship and loss which a compulsory suspension of business activity might involve should be spared, all Government Departments will be closed. The Law Courts will not sit, and many shops and businesses will not open. The banks and the money market, however, will remain open.

EMPIRE RELAY. LAST SERVICE AT WINDSOR. (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON", January 24. The British Broadcasting Corporation announces that the late King George's [ funeral service at Windsor 011 Tuesday will be relayed throughout the Empire from Daventry. , The corporation closed down its stations yesterday from the time the late King's remains arrived in London until 4 p.m., except to broadcast the solemn strokes of Big Ben every 15 minutes. A service in memory of King George will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Moderator of the Evangelical Free Churches and the Moderator-designate of the Church of Scotland on Sunday. It will be relayed from Broadcasting House. LOYALTY ISSUE. ' SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLICANS * (Received 10 a.m.) CAPETOWN, January 24. Dr. Malan and members of the small Nationalist opposition, quietly rose and left the Chamber in the House of Parliament when General Hertzog moved a motion of congratulation and loyalty to King Edward. It is pointed out that Dr. Malan previously seconded a motion of sympathy in King George's death, but felt bound to leave the Chamber when the loyalty issue was raised as he is an avowed Republican.