LATE BISHOP GRIMES
FUNERAL OBSEQUIES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Christchuroh, Marcli 24. A rery large crowd gathered at the Btation t-his morning, when the remain of the late Bishop Grimes arrived from Sydney. The cortege left at 8 o'clock for the Cathedral, where Archbishop O'Shea (Wellington), Bishop Verdon (Dunedin), and Bishop Cleary (Auckland) were in waiting. The funeral casket was placed ia the central aisle. A short service was conducted by Dean Hills. The -Cathedral bells tolled at intervals, and the whole ceremony was highly impressive. The lid of the casket was then removed, and the congregation filed slowly past the coffin. The last funeral rites will be solemnised 1 tomorrow. ,
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2418, 25 March 1915, Page 8
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110LATE BISHOP GRIMES Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2418, 25 March 1915, Page 8
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