BODY OF THE LATE KING
TRANSPORT TO FATHERLAND
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
I (British Oflicial Wireless.) (Received October 15, 10 a.m.) RUGBY, October 13. Units of tho British Mediterranean Fleet which aro at present spread out among Yugoslav ports, where they were paying courtesy visits when tho Marseilles outrage occurred, will assemble ofE Split to meet the destroyer Dubrov-*! Nik, which is duo to arrive at Split ] early tomorrow morning, to disembark j tho body of King Alexander. | After a brief stay, in Split the coffin j will proceed slowly by train to Zagreb, stopping at tho bigger stations en route and remaining at Zagreb overnight. Early tho following morning tho journey to Belgrade will be continued, and j tho body will lie in state in the palaco Inn Tuesday and Wednesday. The funeral, at which King George V will be represented by his son tlio Duke of Kent, will take place on. Thursday.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 91, 15 October 1934, Page 9
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