SPECIAL SYMPATHY

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 81, 3 February 1928, Page 5

SPECIAL SYMPATHY

;V IRRESPONSIBLE SUICIDES. I RULING OP BISHOP. Press- Association—Copyright, Aus ;-' tralian and' N.Z Cable Assn. (Received 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, February 2. ' The Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury in a ruling in regard to th e burial of. suicides directed that the usual procedure should be followed where the jury finds that the victim is mentally deranged, because he is not responsible. Hence the relatives and. friends deserve a special measure of pity and sympathy. ; : i f' ; HHSH: FREE

JTEW GOYERNOR-GENERAL. '•INSTALLATION CEREMONY. Prest Association—Copyright, jLustriiUan and N.Z- Cable Association. ■ <:■ . ■!.■ LONDON, February 1. The Evening- Standard say s that the shadow of anxiety hung over Dublin when Mr McNeill was installed as 'Governor-General at .'Leinster House. Armed guards were in close attendance but, despite earlier fears,", the ceremony was carried out without a.hitch. , si{$ i{ His, wa a a sombre affair, with an entire- absence of decorations, which Is disquieting till it i s recalled that his predecessor, Mr Healy, had taken, the'oath literally surrounded by bayonets. : The Chief Justice administered the oath to Mr McNeill, who the n placed a wreath, on the Griffiths "and Collins memorial. i ■■••'■'" , The large-crowd was not allowed inside the rails on the opposite side < of the road, but the two mile route to the vice-regal lodge was lined with people. A British officer with drawn sword rode on each side of Mr'McNeill's car, with mounted Free State'troops preceding and following it.