LATE THOMAS HARDY.
ARNOLD BENNETTS PROTEST
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association
LONDON. Jan. IG. Mr Arnold Bennett, in a letter to the Daily Express, condemns the arrangement whereby the distributibu of tickets at Poets’ Corner for Mr Hardy’s funeral was handed over to MacMillans, the publishers. He says that, the Deans Chapter
cannot divest themselves of the ro- £ sponsihility of organising a national funeral. They are not entitled to say: “Me have consented to an interment in the A'diey—invite whom you like." Lastly, he must point out, with regret and respect, that not a single member of the Royal Family was present. One of the main functions of Royalty is to represent and symbolise the feeling of the country. As a rule, such a function is admirably fulfilled, but the King’s message to the widow, though a suitable and sympathetic gesture, was not enough. The late Mr Hardy was a citizen of the highest consequence. If it had been a military funeral of similar importance, half the male Royalties would have attended as a matter of course.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19280118.2.27
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1928, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
176LATE THOMAS HARDY. Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1928, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in