STATE FUNERAL
(Press Assn.-
PRINCE OF WALES REPRESENTS KING AND QUEEN ON THURSDAY ORATJON BY M. TARDIEU
-By Telegraph — Copyrlght).
PARIS, Sunday. The Prince of Wales will represent Their Majesties at the State funeral of M. Doumer on Thursday. The body has been placed in the reception hall and is lying in State in a great catafalque, flanked by tall candl'es. High officers in the service and the late President's personal staff stand around it with drawn swords. The public will be admitted this afternoon wben there will be a long procession of bearers of magnificent wreaths. . The Archbishop of Paris will celebrate a requiem mass and the remains will be interred in the Pantheon. M. Tardieu will deliver an oration at the graveside.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 219, 10 May 1932, Page 5
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124STATE FUNERAL Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 219, 10 May 1932, Page 5
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