DAME NELLIE MELBA.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 11

DAME NELLIE MELBA.

FUNERAL SERVICE.

THOUSANDS VIEW THE BODY.

(OKIIBD PMSB ASSOCIATION—BT *IiECT*IC

' tbi>i;<}bafh—copraiairr.) ■ {Received February 26th, 9.20 p.m.) MELBOURNE, February 26. Lying in state at Scots Church, Melbourne, the body of Dime Nellie Melba was* viewed by thousands of 1 people.

The service began at.oile o'clock ahd lasted an hour, It was fully choral and was i'onducted by Doctor W. Borland, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church ot Victoria. Among those who * v ' el ' Q ri P l ' eSen t were representatives of. the I' ederal and State Governments, Lonsuls, musical societies, leading bub* lie men, and Mr 0. L. Firth* New Zealand Government agent. The oaken cafeket rested on a dais at the side of the pulpit, almost hidden in magnificent wreaths. • ? 1 thousand people gathered outside the church to watcKthe funeral procession move away. The interment took place at the family .vault at Lilydale Cemetery.

BELGIUM'S APPRECIATION OF

HER SERVICES.

(united mess ii.ectbiu TELEGRAPH—CWYBMHT.)

BRUSSELS, February 20. , In token of Belgium's gratitude to !>ume Nellie Melba in connexion with Belgium's lied - Gross ork, a street ill a Brussels suburb tfs to bo named Avenue Nellito Melbft.