Bonner funeral on Friday A state funeral for former Aboriginal politician Neville Bonner will be held in St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Ipswich, on Friday, a family spokesman said today. Mr Bonner, 76, died last week after a long battle with lung cancer and Prime Minister John Howard said a state funeral would be held. The family spokesman said Mr Howard, Governor-General Sir William Deane, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie and other dignitaries had signified their intention to attend. Flags on Queensland government buildings were being flown at half-mast today. - AAP Published: Mon Feb 8 14:28:33 EST 1999 ------------------------------------------------------- RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use."
