BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 June 1916, Page 5

BRITAIN.

THE LATE WAR LORD. MEMORIAL SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S. AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY. London, June 13. Despite heavy showers enormous crowds filled the western approaches to St. Paul's two hours before the service in memory of Lord Kitchener. Flags everywhertwere half-masted. The King and Queen drove from Buckingham Palace, Queen Alexandra joining them at Charing Cross. There was a largf; diplomatic assembly in the Cathe3raU.and the army and navy were fully represented. Nearly all the members of Cabinet, with their wives, and also the lord Mayor and aldermen, were present. There were 4000 ticket-holders; and every available part was crowded. Early arrivals included many wounded Australians and New Zealanders and nurses. , The service was the Liturgy of St. Chrysostom, sung io the Kieff Chant, The band of. the Royal Engineers, of whom Lord Kitchener was colonel-com-mandant, played the Dead March, and tlie buglers of the regiment sounded the Last Post. Triumph was the kevnote of the service, almost reaching a "note of thanksgiving for the great man whose memory was being honored. The King had called his people to him, and sat at their head, beneath the dome, between the Queen and Queen Mother, with his Ministers of State on his left haHd and representatives from overseas on his right, with the Ambassadors of the Allies behind him; The group of royalties included the <Grand Duke Michael, who wag conspicuous in the congregation. The sombre black and khaki was brightened by the red and Wue gowns of the sheriffs and aldermen and ,the brilliant uniforms of a few retired, officers of the army and a sprinkling of naval officers.

A youthful naval commander, destined to bear his late uncle's name, sat near the King. Tho service opened with Lord Kitchener's favorite hymn, "Abide With Me " followed by the triumphant note of Psalms 130 and 33.

The. priest, standing on the altar steps, face to face with the sovereign, read the lesson, and at its close »the organ together with the Engineers' Band and the £™" ° f * he Ir »l Guards, played the Dead March.

As the roll of the drums became audible the minds of the great congregation were transported to the northern sea, where the master engineer of campaigns and armies lay sleeping. This first note of 4ament was sustained a. the sorrowful strains of St. Chrysostom's Liturgy, but its "Alleluia" resumed the noteor triumph and it was maintained in the final hymn, "For al! the Saints Who from their Labors Rest" After the Last Post, the third verse of the National Anthem," sung fortissimo with the full power of the band and ttrfan, closed the service. SERVICE IK SYDNEY. ' > Sydney, June 14. An impressive Kitchener memorial service was held in St. Andrew's Cathedral, which was packed, while hundreds waited outside until the conclusion. Archbishop ra"*?*. P reMhed a sermon on the text, He being dead yet speaketh." He said that Lord Kitchener, had passed from us suddenly but the Kitchener spirit had burst forth a thousand fold, nerving the feeblest arm to endeavor to help to complete the work Kitchener began. IK OTHER CENTRES. Keceived June 14, 8.30 p.m. r- 2\ , . S y dn ey. June 14. Crowded and impressive Kitchener memorial services were held yesterday in all the chief centres of the Cbmmonwealtn. A MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP. HANDSOME OFFER PROM COLONEL RHODES.

Wellington, Last Night. In the House of Representatives to- , night, Fon. J. Allen read a letter from Colonel the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes, in which he stated that he did not desire to accept the payment to which he was entitled for expenses while visiting § Xgypt. Gallipoli, and Malta, but he expressed the wish that thei Government should tllocate the £SOO due to him as a nnclcns for a fund for a scholarship, to be called "The Kitchener Memorial Scholarship." If the .Government agreed to do this, he (Colonel Rhodes), was prepaid to .jtiosidise the amount by another £SOO, making the fund on which the scholarship would be founded JEIOOO. Bon. Jas. Allen said that on behalf of the Government he had agreed to accept' »be generous offer of Colonel Rhode*.' . ' , '