CHINESE FUNERAL
ARRIVAL OF SUN YAT SEN’S BODY (United Press Assort ion—By Electric Teleg. ..pli—Copyright) (Received this dav at 10.3 D. a.m.) • ' SHANGHAI. Alay 28. Travelling from Peking to Nanking in a train specially built for the occasion, the body of Sun )at Sen arrived at Pukow station and was greeted with a salute of a hundred and one guns. Traffic in the Yaugtse river was stopped while the bronze casket was placed aboard a Chinese gunboat, amid another similar salute. On arrival at Nanking, the casket was placed on a special hearse, preceded by an armoured car, which headed an enormous procession to the central party hoadquarters office, where it will lie in state for three days prior to burial. MV gQ&jLii* o’— w -
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1929, Page 5
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125CHINESE FUNERAL Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1929, Page 5
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