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Show Lord Morley, Rudyard Kipling and' James M. Barrio. Mr. Barrle made a personal appeal to the dean but in vain. It wn3 announced officially tonlg"at by the dean that a memorial service ser-vice will be held on Saturday in the j abbey. The funeral therefore will ! be at Dorking, as previously arranged, ed. The action of the Westminster nu-, nu-, thoritles has caused much disappointment disappoint-ment as it is known that the family j of the late novelist had no objection to the placing of his ashes in the ah-bov ah-bov and the question of space was not involved i . AUTHORITIES DECLINE TO PLACE MEREDITH ASHES IN ABBEY IX)iidon. May 10. The Westminster authorities have denied permission to place the ashes of George Mcrcdlta in the abbey. An appeal to the denn to this eud was strongly supported by the society so-ciety of authors, representing all the leading writers by Premier Asquith, |