The Late Mr Gladstone.
Mr Gladstone's body was brought to Westminatsr Hall on Wednesday. The stations along the route were crowded with mourners. Forty friends watch by the body alternately through the night. Westminster Hall will be thrown open to the publio on Thursday and Friday. The pall bearers at the funeral will be the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Bight Hon. A. J. Balfour, the Earl of Bosebery, the Earl Kirn berley, Sir Wm. Harcourt, the Duke of Rutland, Mr George Armistead (formerly M.P. for Dundee) and Mill. Baron Randell (whose daughter is married to Mr Gladstone's third son). The Agent General for the Aus tralian Colonies will attend the funeral. At a meeting of members of the National Liberal Club, the Earl of Carrington, in moving a vote of con? dolence with the Gladstone family, said the memory of their chief would ever remain a national possession.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 May 1898, Page 2
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156The Late Mr Gladstone. Manawatu Herald, 28 May 1898, Page 2
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