PREMIER’S DEATH.

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXI, Issue 2440, 13 May 1925, Page 3

PREMIER’S DEATH.

MEMORIAL SERVICE, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright LONDON, May 11. At the memorial service arranged by the British Government in Westminster Abbey for Mr Massey, special scats will be reserved for Ne-w Zealanders. The Lord Mayor of London has telegraphed the High Commissioner: “The citizens of London deeply regret the death of your Prime Minister, -They happily recall that they added him to the London roll of famo.us Er’cemen many years ago.” THE BURIAL PLACE. GUN ITT CONSTRUCTED IN 1886. WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The gunpit at Point Halswell, which is being converted into a tomb for the late Prime Minister, is about 100 feet above the water and was constructed in 1886. It occupies a most commanding point in the and was suggested as a site for the national solders’ memorial. ' An eight-inch gun previously occupied the pit, but it is not dismounted and will be nollcd down the hillside. THE VACANT SEAT., J. N. MASSEY A CANDIDATE. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. It is understood that there is every likelihood that Mr J. N. Massey, farmer, of Pun I, near Pukekohe, will be- a candidate for his father’s scat, in the Franklin electorate. NUMEROUS WREATS SENT. ONE FROM KING AND QUEEN OF BELGIUM. WELLINGTON, This day. Among the wreaths ordered for the funeral is one from the King and Queen of the Belgians, So many wreaths have been ordered that it will require several large motor vans to take them all to the graveside.