THE FIRST CREMATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 654, 3 November 1909, Page 7

THE FIRST CREMATION.

.FTOEEAIi-pE-THE;LATE-MR;- JACK.: :'t)ie']ate\Mr.-John' Jack, was ,heldj. in'. Wellington:, fita.: manifested wtfte i .toge : iittoadan<e.at..Hie funeral- j&ter-W-Afor.a short service at thd-.rtisidehbe.oi :th*V deceased,Ycouducted by the Kev.J. ■K. Elliott, : the , lengthy; cortege ■ moved •; off to ! Karon.; .Amoiig ; three, in' attendance , were the i sons- of deceased, , Messrs'.- J: ■W. and J. ; H. H. .Jack'{as and' M«srs.-D:; ■ N,,' <rad Ivi Jaqk;(srandwne),--Mp^r>'._l>i'■•■&■ Laing ; ■ ft ■' MWtiy? i, D,; ,B,vali 6 .(Sydney), .VI. ; ■Wright;--. J.i HqUr-Wi,' G. ■Kuthetfoid/ '-"J; r.Vi Er. ilard^JiliJ.-Rciobr J: 'Newton/ jPIaWsV A, 4WttlejoUii,lJ.illcnry..a i .3' i Yot}jiß, ■•J;!M'fflash.ani/J..Bui;ns,-J.-.D. M.-Georgcsbn . O.;Al.'.Gedreeson,:B, Blackwobd,; :J. Jamipsoti, Rev,.J.'R.-Gltts'jbni. Drs. Ell&tV YftjitijfG.- , Eoss; and-Captain'Birl'' clay.. .: 1 lie. mourners represoti-ted' : the Harbour .Board; the .old'.Caledonian Society,.:St;. John's and.-St; •Apdr^T J e',.Ohprphea, and other 'bodies connected ; with;;, ; ."■'■'.i,';.. : ;. In .compliance'■with ■an 1 , expressed-.wish, the :remains .were : .otehiatcd in th£ Municipal Cr* ;matorium at :Ivarqri,'this-being "the first'bcoii- ; feion,, on "which '■this/method has-been, used in' New-Ze'dlaad,, The service 'in- the Crematorium ClmpeJ ,TO?..69.ndSbted,.by,..ihei:Kev,,J. : Jv.>E|. \\ot\i ,who cqnejuded the .ordinary, funeral ; $er;vico. as -follows i— :'■;, •;..■■;;-. ■-, ■■■■ ;;/:> :,, .; : ..- : T..■-.■.'•"

_yWe..iiow cdniinit the;body to the flames--i the symbol' of . pnf ifloation : and -ardour, • and .of ■im. ineffable.God.j fur pur Go'd iq a.'consumnig ;f\io. : ;•/;, Duet to dnst. .:.'.':Ashes to ashcel" ;.'■• The had been.placed , jiear 'th'o, •.doors leading, to the furnace/ , was drawn atit6. ;lnaticaUy/> out v of./Aightj ..and. -tS's;- doors ; th«ti 'ploSed. : Tlie esh«A,&re to bo forwarded to Dun< dee'.for , . preservation; In the family vault; v. •■■.: