THE KINGS TRIBUTE.
A PUBLIC FUNERAL PROBABLE
Received August 16, 10.25 p.m
LONDON, August 16
The King telegraphed to Florence Nightingale's relatives his and the Queen's deep regrat. •'•' We practically owo tho present organisation of trained nurse;; to her striking example," added tho King.
French papers,- pay generous tributes. The "Telegraph" says Florence Nightingale's will asks for a qifiet funeral, but the.opinion is growing that a public funeral, for a heroine equal to Jeanne d'Arc, is a national duty.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12587, 17 August 1910, Page 5
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