Scotland Mourns A Warrior Chief
CROWDS WAIT IN RAIN BUSINESS SUSPENDED IN FOUR COUNTIES By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 11.30 a.m. LONDON, Tues. Crowds waited in a rainstorm to-day to watch the entrainment of Earl Haig’s remains at Edinburgh for burial at Dryburgh Abbey. It was arranged that poppies and ivy grown on the estate would be in readiness for the ceremony. Business was suspended in the four adjoining counties to enable the public to join in the final tribute to the late Field-Marshal. In the House of Commons, after the opening of Parliament to-day, the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, announcing Earl Haig’s death, gave notice that he would move a resolution on the subject to-morrow.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 273, 8 February 1928, Page 1
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