FUNERAL OF MINISTER
HON. J. A. ROBB IS BURIED HYMNS ON CARILLON OTTAWA, Wednesday, i A special train conveying the memI bers of the Cabinet and proponent citizens was sent from Ottawa today : to Valley Field. Quebec. for the ] funeral of the late Hon. J. A. Robb. ; Minister of Finance. Many hundreds i of people attended. j All the Government offices were t closed. The late Minister’s favourite • hymns were played on the carillon in 1 the Peace Tower of Parliament Build - j ings. This synchronised with the . singing at the gra-resid* . afterward Chopin’s "Funeral March” was played.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 821, 15 November 1929, Page 9
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98FUNERAL OF MINISTER Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 821, 15 November 1929, Page 9
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