Flags of All Nations Encircle Funeral Pyre
MRS BESANT GIVEN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL. United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. CALCUTTA, Sept. 21. The flags of 54 nations, the symbol of licr world leadership, encircled the bier at tho cremation to-night of the body of the lato Mrs Annie Bcsant by Hindu rites. Over twenty thousand followed in procession, chanting a funeral dirge. All religions were represented. 1
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7269, 23 September 1933, Page 6
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66Flags of All Nations Encircle Funeral Pyre Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7269, 23 September 1933, Page 6
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