THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 18, 1989
200,000 People File Past Bier Of Pope Pius In 12
FUNERAL FIXED FOR TO-MORROW EVENING
Vatican City, To-day.
Huge crowds of all classes, many of whom waited all night for the gates of St. Peter's to be open- ed, at 8 a.m., have been filing all day past the bier of the Pope who is Lying in State in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament on a catafalque surrounded by 16 torch-bearers, placed so that that faithful might kiss the dead Pope's feet. It is estimated that by 7 p.m. when the door of the Chapel were closed until 7 a.m. to-day, 200,000 people paid their respects to the dead Pontiff. Army field-kitchens fed the poor- broke the cordon er classes of the crowd and haw-troops. kers were busy selling medals of the dead Pope.
of police and
The Pope's funeral has been fixed for to-morrow (Tuesday)
The faithful told rosaries while evening, they waited hours in hot sunshine
and
eager
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crowds occasionally PREPARATION FOR
NEW KEEL FOR SEA DRAGON
The Halliburton junk, Sea Dra-
gon, is not expected to resume the cross-Pacific venture for ten days
or a fortnight.
She is having a new keel fitted and other minor repairs are being affected.
John Potter, the member of the crew whose illness caused the Sea Dragon's return to Hong Kong, is at the War Memorial Nursing Home He is suffering from a rupture. expected to be in hospital for five weeks.
YESTERDAY'S "HEAT WAVE"
CONCLAVE OF CARDINALS
Vatican City, To-day. All here are now busy making preparations for the Conclave of Cardin- als.
As for every Papal election, al- most the whole Vatican must be re-arrangement to subjected to provide accommodation for the each of which may Cardinals bring to the Conclave one secre- tary and one servant expected to come to take part in election. Altogether not fewer than 300 persons must thus be accom- modated in that part of the build- ing surrounding the Damascus Courtyard.
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As the Cardinals, in accordance
Hours
BLAC
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the Scot
This passenger on the upper deck of a bus at Golder's Green had
a shock when greeted by this glant. The latter is Henry Latimer, giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk" at the Golders Green Hippodrome.
Birmingham
with the meaning of the Conclave Theatre
of
may not have any possibility communication with on
one another, In yesterday's blazing sun mid-not even on the way to the Sixtine' day, the temperature rose to 74 de- Chapel which serves as the scene of grees in the shade, but fell sharp-election, a whole army of crafts- ly to 59 degrees during the night. men, masons and carpenters, must At 10 a.m. to-day, the thermometer block up doors, courtyards, passagės registered 62 degrees.
and make provisional accommoda-
CARDINALS' STAFF
The Royal Observatory reports tion rooms by erecting partitions that the anticyclone over N. China and wooden walls. has increased considerably in inten- sity, The Philippines depression is situated about 240 miles to the east of Manila, moving northward.
Forecast:-N. E. and E. winds, moderate to fresh; fair.
DEATH SENTENCES
A number of cooks, two medical practitioners and druggists are also at hand to be at the disposal of the Cardinals if needed.
At the same time, the old and uneven floor of the Sixtine Chapel is being covered with wooden floor-
ON SEVEN ARABS ing to obviate accidents:
Jerusalem, Yesterday. Seven Arabs have been sen- tenced to death by the military court at Haifa for carrying arms and resisting troops.
An eighth member of the gang was sentenced to life imprison“ ment owing to his age.
On the side walls, seats are being fixed covered with violet silk in the case
Cardinals of places for created by the deceased Pope and of those with green silk in case who received the Cardinal's Red Hat from some previous Pope.
Burnt Out
London, To-day.
An immense fire which broke out in Birmingham on Sunday resulted in one of the largest music halls of the city being burned to the ground.
Although 17、 fire-engines were on the spot fighting the flames, it was not possible to extinguish the blaze, Damage is estimated at about £30,000.
Police immediately blocked all approaches as it was BUS- pected that the fire was due to Incendiarism, possibly on, the Trans- part of the I.R.A. Ocean.
"LUCKY" NOT SO LUCKY
London, To-day.
Before each Cardinal's seat is An unconfirmed report from Ma-
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voting drid states that the British steamer
RUTHENIAN ELECTION
Chust, To-day.
The first autonomous diet of Carpatho-Ukrainia was elected on Sunday. Reports received indi- cate that nearly 90 per cent. of the votes cast were in favour of the Government.
The German and Czech minorities voted for the Govern- ment, while the Hungarians voted "No"-Trang-Ocean.
TAXIS COLLIDE
in & the
Two taxis were involved collision in Pedder Street: at corner of Des Voeux Road, at 9.30 a.m. to-day. No. 179, parked at the corner of Pedder Street, started off without warning and collided with No. 551, which was about to pass. Slight damage to mudguards was suffered by both vehicles.
FABRICATED?
placed a amall table with
A Chinese who reported himself It is understood that the eight papers, candles and sealing wax. "Lucky", 1250 tons, was bombed a victim of highway robbery in All other similar usages as at all and sunk during a Nationalist air-Jordan Road on. February 9 at men were remnants of an armed
the raid on Valencia Harbour.
about 1115 p.m., was arrested to- gang which clashed with the Ro-Papal elections since that at first Conclave held in the year
The report...says nothing, as to day and charged with giving false yal Dragoons recently,
The others are awaiting trial.will be strictly observed. Trans-whether the crew of the "Lucky" information. It is alleged that he
has been lost.--Trans-Ocean.
fabricated the story. -Reuter.
Ocean.
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