SIR TRUBY KING

Grey River Argus, 12 February 1938, Page 8

SIR TRUBY KING

STATE FUNERAL. WELLINGTON, February 11. Arrangements for the State funeral of Sir Truby King have been completed by officers of the Department of Internal Affairs. The body will lie in state at St. Paul’s Pro-Cathe-dral, to-morrow morning, and from 9.30 to 12.30 o’clock, nurses and officials of the Plunket Society will be stationed at the casket. The service will be conducted by the Bishop of Wellington, commencing at 2.30 p.m., and the cortege will proceed to- Sir Truby King’s home, on Melrose Heights, where the interment will be made in the vault The GovernorGeneral will be represented, and invitations will be sent to Ministers of the Crown, such Judges of the Supreme Court as are in town, the Speakers of both Houses, the Leader. of the Opposition, the Mayor of Wellington, members of both Houses of Legislature, representatives of the naval, military, and air forces, Magistrates, heads of departments, private secretaries, local bodies. Special places will be allotted to the Plunket Society and the various branches of the medical profession Nurses’ Association, and representatives of various religious denominations.