GENERAL BOOTH

Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1929, Page 3

GENERAL BOOTH

«:,:..THE GENERAL. < np it Preufj Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). June 17. The Into Brannvcll Booth’s body lies in State at the Congress Hall, Gapton, oil Friday and Saturday. General; Higgins and International Commissioners will conduct the funeral service" at the Albert Hall on Suiidaj. The'.coffin will be taken to the Army Headquarters, Queen Victoria Street, on Monday. The procession starts thence .for Abney Park Cemetery, where the Ibody will be interred beside those of his parents. As the procession traverses some of the most con- ' gested city streets, it may necessarily curtail the principal gatherings of the mourners assembling at the cemetery. The coffin will be covered with the Army flag, the General’s cap lying thereon. The widow and familj icquest that no flowers be sent, as it is an Army tradition.

The King sent a message to the widow expressing His Majesty’s deep regret, and offering.sympathy, saying: “With liis father, he will always be gratefully remembered - as- the - promoter o { widespread beneficent activities of the Salvation Army.” Tlie Primate, addressing the Church Assembly, asked the Assembly to pay a tribute of respect to the honoured leader of the Army’s social work. •