AN IMPOSING CEREMONY.
MANIFESTATIONS OF URII-JF AMD AFFECTION. (Received April 10, 9.16 am ) LONDON, April 9. Hie funeral train conveying the remains of the late Mr Cecil R Tll s was dra Ped in mourning, and the latter part arranged as a chapelle ardente lit by wax candles Ihe coffin was covered with .the Union Jack. A pilot engine preceded an armoured train which escorted the cortege. There was an extraordinary "display by the populace of love and respect all the way. Hundreds travelled long distances to witness the ceremony All the post blockhouses furnished guards of honour and presented inns. All business was suspended md the buildings were draped in black. Kipling's elegy, eulogjsjugRhodes greatness o.f soul, was- real it the grave.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 84, 10 April 1902, Page 2
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123AN IMPOSING CEREMONY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 84, 10 April 1902, Page 2
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