MR. HALL-JONES. AN INDISPOSITION.
FAINTS AT KING'S FUNERAL By Telegraph.—l'rcsi ABgoclatlon.^Copyrljlil, (Received May 21. 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, 20lh May. At St. George'fc Uliapcl, Windsor, during the recital of Hie commital words over the body of King Edward, Mr. Hall-Jones, New Zealand High Commissioner, who wat just behind Che noyal personages, fell in a fhint. Thobe standing near fanned him and he pnrtially recovered. Ho was carried out during the Benediction. Mr. John Bums (President Oi tha Board of Trade) and two constables promptly assisted Mr. Hall-Jones, and carried him on a stretcher to a neighbouring houFe, where lie recovered. A Territorial ambulance later convey^ od Mr. Hall-Jones to the Military Knight's quarters, where he remained for the rest of the afternoon. King George and Queens Mary and Alexandra enquired as to his condition.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1910, Page 5
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