THE PUBLIC INTERMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 434, 17 February 1909, Page 8

THE PUBLIC INTERMENTS.

TOUCHING ARRANGEMENT OF PALL- \ BEARERS.; Fully '2000. people' assembled in the'.Church; 'of VEngland .* of; thecemetery,. where ''seven' bodies'.whichj hadj'not .bean'clajnied.'were i bodies' of Miss D. 'Ribbands (of Sydney), -15. Gale (able seaiinan), HI Wood (fireman), —. Wellum (pantryman), Ernest Crook(steward)/';T,-. Woodford j (able seaman), and: F6lix-Wtiodward.iof Brisbane), i ,Among-thosd ..present, were th- 'ttorneyGeneral, Dr. Findlay, K.C.?(repic. , : ng the! Goverivment)j-. Mr. Cyril Ward (; "outing; the - Prime': Minister), the; Jlayor (; :, T. W. andJ ex-membei'd; of :both; : branches"''.6f'.'the' Legislature, ;Mr. : ;G.'? Allport ''(S^retaJy^ofHKeHMkrine Department), Cap-, 'tain .'Angus' Cameron '(representing;: tho' direc-' 'tors of tIio.U.S.S. Co.), Mr. D. A. Aikon, as-, geiieril : ;-manager,'^.V,MH\' ; Kennedy,' •riianager lbf '.the : 'cbiiipaiiy'b local branch; '.Cap-'; •'iaifl'i.C^vMlDbnaM^.'assistaht'marine.'su^nnv 'teliderit/ 'departments 'iind menu, bers of local staff - the' TJ.S.S. ; Co.), Captain Post (of the" Tutanekai), Cap-t-ain H6opor'(of -the 'Ainokura),'',!th6.:Hon..T C. ;H/;;MiUs,t-'Mr..''T/ : 'M: : (chairman of ; Board) j'.inombers . of;-the 'City Council,: Captain Manning,; Mr. Jas.iDarling "(president of: the:'lnstitut« of Engineers) Mr. :W. T. Glasgow (Secretary to. tho Customs Department), Mr. J. G. W. Aitken, • Mr., G. •:Hbeben'- (Inspector-General of Schools); .Mr. ; Jjvß: ipalmer- (Town ..Clerk), Mr. Moore: (of ;tVe.'Mspioiis, .YpurigjlCap-.' itain'. Naylor,-(master tfo ill-fated - vessel),' Mr. :Luko (second engineer), and ; tho "sur-.viviii^-,members. <)fvthe : .cre\Vs';.and reprcsenta-. ■ itives; of,-' .ihe.-lii stitut 0 .'of. Marine.v Engineers,' '!\nd '.tiel:various:;Bhipping:'cbmp'anios,. public, bodies,v'-and numerous local' institutions. ■■ ;l :Conspicuous' amoing 5 -those- assembled' round ;the graves7wa's; a : of -firemen, atf . .tired; in ■ their,-wbrjring^^'garments^'fromi'ohQWf' the vessels in port.. '. . ' .. .. . . ;'ri ; Fo'rr'the'; : arrangements'^ih ! '.connection'.with.. ■ 'and;'lowering -of.-.the^.caskets''.Mr: , !Mdbre'(mlssibrier-of'the.Missions t6::Seamen): : Tt«- bodies .of - fireihen;. wera parried. from tlie lorries (to tho. graves by' ■: Bremen, '■ those of seamen : by ;'soameii,' those ;6f: : siewards : whilst; that, of : Miss; - Ribbands was.couveyed by one fireman, oiie seaman'ono steward, aiid. one. civilian. ' Tho. beautiful . ana : impressivo Anglican burial. Borvico was, conducted, by tho Ven. 'Arohdbabbn >Fancourt,! who was assisted by. , Hie Rev.; T H. : Sprott. (vicar of St. Paul's . tro-G-ithedral), and the .Rev. Hansell,, of aroni y'The first,portioh:;of the'service'-waa:

read over tho , bodies' collectively, whilst' .t.the " .portion- ;h-referring...; to:- . .the: cimnuttal l of the ■ v bodies to separate. graves - was repeated in oach, .case,-- the. •coffin of the'late Miss' Ribbands being lowered last-of ; alli>:.Wreaths-had:been sent by.a ■ number 6f'citizens -and, m addition, .one. for each'of- the graves was sent by. the Missions to Seamen.- All :ithe - ifloral • were placed ion- ithe coffins, after they; had been lowered.'- After. tha service had concluded; •many of-those present left ,to witness tho «orv-tcps . in. connection <with. the -, private funerals