THE LAST HOME JOURNEY
MELBA'S BODY LEAVES SYDNEY. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Feb. 25. • In the afterglow of sunset Dame Melba’s rose-decked coffin was eiitrairied for Melbourne. pnly a small gathering of. friends was present, as it had been announced that the departure would be private. There was a touching Been 6 aS the coffin left St.' Vincent’s Hospital, the Rev. Mother add Sisters of the institution forming a guard of honour from the porch to the hearse, and through their ranks the bearers carried their beloved burden. The chief mourners were Dame Melba’s son and daughter-in-law, and members of the Mitchell family.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1931, Page 5
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