LATE EARL HAIG

Hokitika Guardian, 4 February 1928, Page 3

LATE EARL HAIG

(Australian & N.Z. Cablo Association. A SIMPLE BURIAL. LONDON, IFcli. 2. Karl Haig will be buried in tin family vault at Dryburgh 'Abbey, within a mile of Bemersyde, hard by the tomb of Sir Walter Scott. Earl Haig’s burial place is in the north transept, sheltered hv a big fragment of the lovely ruins beside the Tweed. Only Haigs and Scotts and one other family have the right of burial in the Abbey. After arrival at a service in Ihc ruins, at which Karl Haig read the lessons, he sat on the tomb of one of his ancestors, with a Bible in his band, chatting with the minister. Karl Haig quietly said to the minister, “Where are you going to bury me?’’ The minister replied. “Westminster Abbey,” momentarily forgetful thu. St. Paul’s is the traditional resting place of great soldiers. Earl Haig shook his head, and smiled. “No,” he said, “this is my resting place. This has been the Haigs’ resting place for centuries.” LONDON, Feb. 2. Earl Haig will not be buried as a General who led Britain’s greatest army, but as a Scottish Border Laird, all military pomp being left behind at 'Edinburgh. WESTMINSTER. ABBEY CEREMONY , LONDON, Feb. 3. The War Office at first refused the British Broadcasting Corporation i '■!•- mission to broadcast the Abbey cv:<mony, despite the willingness of the Abbey authorities. Later in the day. however, under pressure, the War Office reconsidered ils decision, and the entire service, commencing at 12.30 (Greenwich mean time) will be broadcast from every station, including 6SW., which will send it to the Dominions, on a short wave length. Field-Marshal Petaln arrived from France in Mufti, accompanied by a detachment of fifty French soldiers of the First Army Corps, in steel helmets. Marshal Retain was driven to the French Embassy, while the soldiers, headed by a sergeant of the English Guards, marched through the streets. An enormous crowd met Marshal Foch at Victoria Station, and ho had difficulty in reaching his waiting motor car. NEW ZEALAND’S CONDOLENCES. WELLINGTON, Feb. 2. Hifl Excellency the GovernorGencral dispatched the following message to the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs:— “The Government and people of New Zealand have learned with sincere regret of the death of Field-Mar-shal Earl Haig. The Prime Minister l,as asked me to say that lie would he glad if, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government in Great Britain, you will accept and convey to the bereaved relatives our deepest sympathy. Ihe late Field-Marshal's conspicuous service to tho Empire will ensure imperishable memory while his close association with the New Zealand soldiers in the Great War accentuates our sense of loss.”