MILITARY HONOURS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 January 1941, Page 6

MILITARY HONOURS

PAID TO LAIE LORD BADEN-POWELL

ABBEY BURIAL OFFERED. BODY TO REMAIN IN NVERI UNTIL AFTER WAR. 'By Telegraph—Press /Association —Copyright 'Received This Dav. 1.5 p.m.) LONDON. January 9. Lord Baden-Powell was buried

at Nyeri with military honours, in keeping with his rani; of Lieuten-ant-General. The casket was carried on a gun-carriage, over which the Union Jack and Scout hat were placed. The British Government offered burial in Westminster Abbey, but Lord Baden-Powell's remains are to stay in Nyeri until after the war. DOMINION SCOUTS PASSING OF LEADER DEPLORED. WORK THAT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. (By 7 <-legraph—Prvts i AUCKLAND. January 9. Ihe following message has been i.c.nt to Lady Baden-rowcll by the Gover-nor-General. Viscount Galway. who fi the Dominion Chief Scout:- • "Scouts in New Zealand deplore the passing of their beloved Chief Seoul and oiler their most sincere and heartfelt sympathy, His great work anti inspiring leadership will never be forgotten.” PREMIER'S MESSAGE. SYMPATHY OF THE PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND. ■By Telegraph - Pre- A-ewlatlon. i WELLINGTON. Ths Da". Tin- following message from du. Prime Minister. Mr Fraser. was < idled yesterday to 1 tdy Baden-Powell widow of the late Lord Badeit-Powell of Gilwell, at Nyeri Kenya “On behalf of the G<>vermm.-(.l and the people of Now Zealand 1 extend ;■ mes’j.ige of deepest sympathy in the sad loss you and your family have sustained Lord Boden-PowelL- pwtinguishvd service to the Empire h earned him the everlasting gratitude rd the British people The id» ■ L m- h ■ inspired among ■ - many throughout the great Scm.it mwein, r.‘. which he founded and to which lie rendered life-long devotion ciii::.!;lii’ a living memorial to his great Dominion headquarter; of the Boy Scout movement, through tin* headquartet s c< minis iimcr . t WelUngt m. •>'(-xtvrdi'V expressed the great regr’". felt by the movement in New Ze;d;.-:;d al the death of the Chief Scout, who had done so much m>t • Oily L r ‘Jw youth <■( the Empire but for the youth •f the world Thank-, h--w.-x.-i : the wonderful >i d ; • ■ find: up. hi- w.-r‘. the b.-y . f .-•* WORLD TITLE I APSES. S ' lit H> -.fl'.-..-’ !<-: aids. ~!,. d th.-.’ tpl ■ v. ■ M ( ' • ‘ S. -■ "■ thf : of I : : V. U'il ■JWi < :. :. 1! • ■■ ‘ - I