MACDONALD TRAGEDY.
'A SOLEMN SERVICE,
By; Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright,, Received 6,17 p.m., March 28, PARIS, March 27. A service was licit! in the bedroom where the deed was committed, prior to the removal of General Macdonald’s body. The body was then taken to (he church connected with the English Embassy, pending the arrival of members of tiie family.
“ GRAND NATIONAL AMBUS:
FEELING IN EDINBURGH,
By; Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright, Received 5.26 p.m., March 29. LONDON, March 28
The Daily News absurdly declares that there is a feeling in Edinburgh that the Crofter soldier (General Macdonald) had been hunted down by a big, systematic society attack, and that in the “ Grand National Ambush ” he fell at the lasi, fence, when badly “ winded.”- The King witnessed the race.
A WILD OUTCRY IN SCOTLAND
.THE BODY TO BE BROUGHT HOME.
By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright. Received 5.26 p.m., March 29, LONDON, March 28
There is a wild outcry in Scotland against the. interment of the remains of the late General Macdonald in France.
The Clan Macdonald and several Highland Societies have summoned meetings. Gentlemen at Dundee have guaranteed the funeral expenses, while others arc willing to do so also, It is.probable <hat his body will be" interred in the Black Isle, Rossshire.
„.A number of beautiful wreaths have been sent by. unknown donors to Paris’.
Many ladies prayed beside the col fin.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 853, 30 March 1903, Page 2
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225MACDONALD TRAGEDY. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 853, 30 March 1903, Page 2
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