A NATION'S TRIBUTE.
_. ji i FILING PAST THE DEAD. j By Telegraph.—Press Asisn.— Copyright London, Nov, 12. The procession past the unknown warrior recommenced at 7.30 a.m., though it wa3 announced that the doors were not % to he opened till 10.30. The space around the grave was protected by a barrier, the people passing from left to right, At the head of the grave atanda the Westminster Crow with four lighted candles 1 on each side. The King's' \vrea:tli lies *in 1 the centre, and the grave is surrounded i by beautiful flowers, additions to which I are constantly being received. —Aus.-N.Z. ' Cable Assn. 1 I
THOUSANDS 01 MOURNERS. Received Nov. 14, 5.5 p.m. ■ ( London, Nov. 13. » Thousands of people, including many 1 bereaved children, are filing in proces- f sion daily past the Cenotaph and the I unknown warrior's grave in the Abbey, i It is estimated that 300,000 have visited , the. Abbey since the burial, and 400,000 have visited the Cenotaph, where 25,000 J floral tributes had been deposited. A mass of flowers five feet high surrounds the base. There is a queue, four deep, extending a thousand yards despite the drizzling rain.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assrn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1920, Page 5
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