THE LATE HON. W ROLLESTON.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11506, 12 February 1903, Page 5

THE LATE HON. W ROLLESTON.

THE FUXKRAL.

A LAFvGE.ATTEXDANCE.

The larse number of mournere who yes•••day followed the mortal remains of the lite Hon. \V. Roileeton to their last rest--ii i piece bore eloquent testimony to the Jeop rwptvt »od high esteem in wbkh he .v*» held. Among those farming the funeral procession were representatives of a-1 classes .>i the community and of nil parte of : the district. In add.t-ion to gentJeaien who ww« associated \vu!j Mr<Rolles.un in the esu'Jy daye in laying Grnxly and uroadiy the foundatione of the Government of tine district And the colony, there wer« many reprtMr.utives of the younger generaou' A v'ry large number of nandsouu wreathe had been forwarded by public bodus-. <uhl m.*uv« and tneada, including owe fi\ui, the Premier iun.t meiutxirs of the Ministry, and the h«aa-s© wrafl almost completely covered with them. Vlia selection of the Avwnwde Churchyard for she burial place of one who had so much to do with the moulding of the early hisUMJ , of .Canterbury was vary fitting. In the viouxity of Avonskfe Church lived in the carty days the father aud uncle of Mrs Ro.l«stojv—the kite Messrs Joseph Brivtan «md Waiiaiu Guise Brittan- Alter Uie death of Mr Joseph Brittan, Mr Ro.kstou lived in that ceufUemao'e residence, Jujoito as 'Linwood Houjm, throughout tl»e whole of the time he was Superintendent of Canterbury. It wae at Avonside Ohurcli, moreover, that M.r RoiletfUHi waa married.

'Hlw fuiun-al cortege assembled at the residence, in Park Terrace, of Mr A. C. Rollcston (the deceased gentleman's eldest- eon), and the long line of vehicles stretched for nearly half a mile. Meaere A - Ro.leston, F. J. Roileeton, and J. C. Rollesuu. ,sons), and Mr T. T«scli«maker (eon-in-hiw I were the bearers. The cortege proceeded to the Avoneide Glnirohyaid by Kiimore street and the river-eide.

The.totting of the bell from the olrarcihtower announced tbe arrival of the coffin at the gates of the Church. It wae met by the Bishop of ChnsUiiuich and Canon Pascoe, vicar of the Avonside Church, and the introductory sentences of the burial sorvioe, epoken ac the body was carried to the Ohurch, were read by Canon Pascoo. The coffin : .was taken along the central aisle, and placed on two trestles at the foot of the chancel while the bearers, mourners, and friends of the lat« statesman took up , their seats in tihe nave of the Church. The psalme were sung by the choir, after -which the lesson, t>aWi from the fifteenth chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, was read by the Bishop. The hymn, "Lead kindly light," was sung, and tiie Dead March in Saul was played by the church organist as the remains were being carried Church to the grave. The service ut the grave wa3 conducted by Bishop Julius and Canon Pascoe, the first portion of the eervice being read by. the Canon, and t%e second portion by the Bishop. Those who had foLowed the body from Paris Terrace to the Church, together with those who had proceeded direct to the Churchyard, grouped themselves round the open grave, and at the close of an impressive service, the majority of those present filed past the grave. Amongst thpee present were the Hon. B. C J. Stevens, Rev. P. G. Brittau, Mr W. G. Brittan, Messrs L. Morgan, W. Boag, \V. Willoughby, F. Brittan, Isaac Wilson (Kaiapoi), S. Nosworthy, A. Cox, R. Westenra, W. Dunlop, J. Gough, C. Lewis, M.H.R., G. Witty, M.H.R., W. McMillan, W. Jameeon (representing the Selwyn County Council), Hon. C. C. Bowen and Professor Cook (representing the New Zealand University), Mr A. E. G. Rhodes (representing the Canterbury College Board of Governors), Hon. W. C. Walker (representing the Ministry), Hon. J. M. Twomey, Mr R. H. Rhodes (representing the Waimate County Council), Very Rev. Dean Harper, Ym. Archdeacon Harper, MrT. 0. Norrie (representing the Charitable Aid Board), -vLessre A. M. Owen and J. Low (representing W. Strange and Co.), Dr. Levinge and Mr 0. B. Reid (lepresenting the A. and I. Association), Messrs W. H. Cheeseman, G. Fletcher, G. Tombs and G. W. Hulme, sec. (representing St. Augustine Masonic Lodge, No. 4), Mr F. C. Binns (Grand Superintendent Canterbury N.Z.C. Masonic), Mr R. D. Thomas (Distriot G.M.), and Mr W. H. Gundry (Dep. G.M.E.C.), (representing District' Grand Lodge, E.C.), the Mayors of ChrSlchurch, Sydenham, St. Albans, Linwood, and Kaia J poi, and A. B. Morgan (Chairman Avon Road [ Board), Messrs Gilbert Reeves, J. Brett, J. Cunningham, W. Innes, G. Jameson, A. H. Hancock, J. Studholme, jun., Douglas Wright, W. Jacques, P. Cox, T. J. Maling, A. W. Beaven, J. C Helmore, J. Taylor, F- Waymoufch, J. T. Ford, H. Wharton, F. D. S. Neave, A. Kaye, J) , . Graham, J- 0. Hay, C. Hood-WilHame (representing the Lyttelfcon Harbour Board), the Mayor of Woolston, Messrs C. J. Harper, G. Wallace, T Maude, E. R. Webb, J. Hurst, J; Little, R. D. Harman, P. Pender, J. Donald, W. Baker, T. I. Joynt, H D. Andrews, F. Hubbafd, R. A. Forbes, J. C. Wilkin, J. T. Brown, W. D. Wood, H. P. Murray-Aynsley, T D. W. McLean, R. M. Macdonald, B. J. Carew, J. J. Thomeoc, H. McHraith, J. Deans, E. G. Staveley, H. H. Secretan, B. i J . Manhire, w. Ballantyne, J. Ballantyne, J. M. Turnbull, T. S. Foster, R. VhiceDt, A. C. Wileon, W. H. Hargreaves, i. Campbell, J. M. Heywood, J. Rennie, BH. Pitman, J. Coles, M; Donnelly, T. E. Taylor, M.H.R., G. J. Smith, Gilbert Anderson, W. B. Claxkeon, 0. Caygill, JM. 'ITirop, H. A. C. FeTgusson," , J. Hanson, G. A. U. Tapper, E. Wright (Wellington), P. Selig, Lieutenant-Coloneb Gordon and Slater, Mr H. G. Ell, M.H.R., *Mf W. Wood, D-r. Palmer, Captain Gibscm, F. Poulton, A. Poulton, J. F. Waohsmann, G. F. Martin, T. Bulliek, A. P. Callaghan, 0. P. Williams, F. H. Pyne, ißev. C. Oates, W. Revte. \V. B. Cowlwhaw, F. 1. Cowlishaw, ,<rl T. L. Cowliehaw, Major Wolfe, M***i>*,fl W. Peryman, a F. Bourne, A. F "α-ion, B. M. Litchfield, J. Buchanan, - If.irri*, F. Wilding, J. F. Griexson, II C. Jekyll, W. D. Mearee, W. Miller, i. I'ilkrngton, W. W. Collins, H. Parson, X . Lane, J. Gould, G. Gould, A. H. Bri!>tv- W. H. Graham, A. T. W. Bradwell, I. Rvwn, A. W. Rutherford, M.H.R., Dr. α-iiiton, Professor Blunt, Messrs W. D. Andrews, H. P. Hill, Rev. H. H. Mathias, Messrs G. Harris, H. J. Berwick, G. King, C. T. Dudley, W. Andrews, R. Foster, P. Campbell, A. W. Money, G. Laureneon, M.H.R., G. H. Blaokwell, H. H. ESa, G. Payling and W. Miller (representing the Hospital Board) W. H. Henming (Afcaroa), W. Badger, R. Meredith (ex-M,H.R. (for Ashley), J. Rodgers, 0. Burgees, R. Munro, J. Brittan, W. Oudden, & Denham, H. Wood, W. H. Rodney, G. T. Smith (Ashburton), F. J. Board (member Samaavt&n Home Board of Trustees and Burnham Industrial School Board of Advice), W. S. Credgfaton, J. Oarr, J. Q. L. Scott, W. D. Lawrence, J. Bird, W. "ilorrow (Raka--.,, w. W. Turner, G. Capper, W. Luke, G. Van Aseh (director Deal and iDumb school Sunmer), J. iMarsaman (ex-Commissioner of Crown Lands), J. W. Piper (Ghristehurch st&tionmaater). D. Bellhouee, H. Sa.vteU, C. Palairet, R. Smith (pact master of the St. Auguetdne Ix>dge), iL Murphy, O. B. Permberton (secretary A. and P. A;>ociation), H. G. Gardiner, H. L. Barker, G. Harper, W. F. M. Buckley, T. t>. Pay ton, F. W. DeUmaui, J. M. Douglass, J. "Duncaa, W. Ritchie (Inspector of "North Canterbury Publio 6cbook), W. Barcook, i-: da 0. Malet, J. Curtis, Dr. Coleridge Farr, Arohdeaoon Ldagard, Canon Knctrles, :oid many others.