CABLE NEWS.
GAMBTTA'sJ FUNERAL. (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYniQHT.) (HKUTER'S TELEQRA.NS.) Pa ins, Jan. 6. The funeral of M. Girubetta took place to-day. The cortege was attended by members of the Ministry, Senate, and Chamber of Deputies, and by de« putation3 from all parts of the country. Business was entirely suspended and the streets through which the funeral procession passed were lined with masses of people. It is estimated tbat fully 250,000 persona were assembled a'ong the route from Palais Bourbon to Pere La Chaise. The spectacle has never been paralleled since the funeral ot Great Napoleon. In the panegyrical orations which were delivered on the occasion, special reference was made to former French Provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, and the affection and esteem m which the deceased statesman was held by the" inhabitants of those districts.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 36, 8 January 1883, Page 2
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136CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 36, 8 January 1883, Page 2
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