THE LAST JOURNEY.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13168, 29 January 1936, Page 5

THE LAST JOURNEY.

MIGHTY CONCOURSE LINES STREETS.

UNPRECEDENTED SCENE IN NATION'S HISTORY.

United Press Assn..—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 28. The funeral of King Gecrge V. in London to-day provided the culminating point to the great manifestations of sorrow which have been seen since his death. Along the four-mile route the cortege moved through dense, silent throngs of the late King’s subjects sincerely paying their last tribute to the Sovereign they had loved so well. Many of these people had waited on the pavements all night in order to gain good positions tor seeing the procession. In this mighty solemn spectacle there took part five visiting Kings, many ether foreign Royalties and representatives of a great number of nations. Thus with a pomp and pageantry expressing the heartfelt feelings of the multitude, the body of King Ceorge passed on its journey to its last resting-place in St. George’s Chanel, Windsor. By the magic of wireless almost the whole civilised world was enabled to join in spirit in the proceedings. The English commentator's description was broadcast to 16 countries, and six other countries, including Italy and Japan, sent their own commentators to broadcast in their own languages. In every part cf the British Empire, in all corners of the world, ant* at ail hours of day and night, people were told of the scenes in London and, in eftect, became a vast unseen audience.