IN MEMORIAM.
THE JAPANESE DEAD. By Telegraph—Proas Association—Copyright (Special to the Australian Press.) (Received October 22, 10.50 a.m.) TOKTCL October 20. Forty-nine days have elapsed since the earthquake anjj} fire. In order to mark the occasion a memorial service was held in. the grounds of the military depot in the Honjo where nearly 38,000 people who'sought shelter were burned to death. In tlie grounds were nearly 200,000 people, many of them relatives of those who were lost in the disaster. These passed before the shrino behind which were the hones and ashes of the dead. This shrine and others in the devastated districts had wonderfully fine displays of chrysanthemums and dahlias sent from various districts. An official
ceremony opened the proceedings when the Prefectural Governor, the Mayor and corporation officials and Viscount Goto (on behalf of the premier. Viscount Yamamoto) addresses to the
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17177, 22 October 1923, Page 7
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