EARL OF ASQUITH’S ILLNESS
UNCONSCIOUS AT MIDNIGHT
Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright,
LONDON, February ] 1. The Earl oi : Oxford and Asquith was still unconscious at midnight. The Countess of Oxford and Asquith has scarcely left the bedside during the twenty-four hours since Sunday, nben her husband was suddenly taken ill. She expressed a wish that the family should be called homo as soon as possible.
REPORTED TO BE SINKING
FORTUNATELY NOT SUFFERING “ WAITING FOR THE EMO " LONDON, February 14. “ Lord Oxford is sinking. The family is at the bedside, and we are just waiting for the end,” said tho_ butler, in reply to an inquiry at midnight. “It is a tragedy. Ho is the best master that ever stepped on earth. He looked very peaceful and beautiful when 1 was in the room just now. Thank God, he is not suffering.”
EARLY MORNING BULLETIN
"VERY MUCH WEAKER "
LONDON, February 14
A bulletin issued at 8 o’clock this morning reported that the Ear! of Oxford and Asquith's condition is grave. He is verv much weaker.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 8
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176EARL OF ASQUITH’S ILLNESS Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 8
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