MEMORIAL SERVICE.
IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
FUNERAL OF DECEASED
STATESMAN.-
T; ROYALTY REPRESENTED. By Telegraph-Press Asaoalalioa-'Oopyrtßht London, January 20. ■' The memorial service m Westminster Abbey to tho late Lord Strathoona was largely attended by notable persons. Their Majesties King George, Queen Mary, and Queon Aloxandra, and the Dtiko of Connaught (Governor-General of Canada) wore represented. Among those present were Captain Muirhoad Collins (roprcsentjnp; the Australian Commonwealth), the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie (High Commissioner for Now Zealand), and tho Agents-General for tho Australian States. Tiio pall-hearers included the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowno, tho Earl of Aberdeen, and Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Secretary of State for tho Colonias). Queen Alexandra's wreath bore the autograph inscription. "In memory of tho Empire's kind benefactor." The Commonwealth sent a wreath. After tho ceremony in tho Abbey there was a procession across London. The body was interred at Highgatc, "AGENT-GENERAL'S TRIBUTE. London, January 26. At the Australian Wattle Day League's reception, Sir John M'Cafl, Agent-General for Tasmania, paid a tribute to Lord Stratlicona's services to tho Empire.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1969, 28 January 1914, Page 7
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171MEMORIAL SERVICE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1969, 28 January 1914, Page 7
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