SERVICES
THE LATE GENERAL BOOTH
British Official Wireless. (Received 18th June 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, 17th June.
A memorial service fpr the late General Bramwell Booth will be held in the Albert Hall on Sunday evening next, and will be conducted by General Higgins, assisted by international commissioners. The Salvation Army's late leader will be buried next Monday afternoon in the family vault at Abney Park Cemetery, London, beside his father, the founder of the Salvation ,Army, and his mother.
Information has been received by the Army authorities in Wellington that General Higgins will conduct a memorial 'service for the late General Booth in the Albert Hall, London, which seats 10,000 people. Similar services are to be held throughout Great Britain. Commissioner Hay .will preside over the Wellington memorial service, which has been arranged for next Sunday afternoon, in the Town Hall.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 18 June 1929, Page 9
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141SERVICES Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 18 June 1929, Page 9
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