HOMAGE TO DEAD CHIEF
fAustralian, and S.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Sunday. The mourners for the late General Bramwell Booth included many former criminals and men who had served sentences at Dartmoor. They walked to the hall, hat in hand, to pay homage to the leader who once controlled the organisation which had given them a fresh chance in life. Among the thousands of people of all nationalities present were British, Chinese, Japanese, negroes, Scandinavians, and Hindus. An Army lassie sat at a piano playing “Chanson Triste,” while soldierg, sailors, policemen, postmen, and civilians passed before the sentinel* around the coffin.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 697, 24 June 1929, Page 9
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100HOMAGE TO DEAD CHIEF Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 697, 24 June 1929, Page 9
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