OBITUARY

Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1709, 27 March 1906, Page 2

OBITUARY

FUNERAL OF REV. FATHER MULVIHILL.

IHThe high esteem in which the late Rsv. Father Mulvihill was held by all classes of the community was fully tastiGo 1 by the large aod representative ga'hering at his funeral at Makaraka yesterday afternoon, many of those present travelling a long distance in order to pay tbeir last tribute to their beloved pricßt end frier 1. In the morning a solemn requiem mass was hell in Bt. Mary’s at nine o’clock, there being a large attendance of m.-mbers of the congregation. The funeral took plaoe at halfpast two, but loDg before that time there was a gathering outside the church. The cortege was the longest seen in Gis borne, consisting of upwards of a hundred vehicles, as well as many horaem n and members of the publio on foot. The coffin was carried from tho church to the hearse aud from the litter io tbo grave by the members of the Hibernian Society, who with the Sisters of Mary and Sisters of Meroy were chief mourners. The Eetvioe at the grave was conducted by the Rsv. Fathers Duffy and Lane, and was of a most impressive nature. The Sisters of

Mercy sang “Neator my God to Thee” | and ” Sainted Mary,” there being hardly a dry eye during the singing. The eetvioe concluded, the Rev. Father Duffy put the first Bpadefui of earth on the ctflia and the work of filling in the g ave was finished by members of the Hibernian Society, those assembled remaining to the close. Amongst those preseni at the grave

was the Rsv. Dawson Thomas of the Holy Trinity Church, As a mark of respect to deesased flags in town were (lying at half'

mast, and the hotels were c'osed between two and three o'clock. The meeting of the Harbor Board was also adjourned from 2 o'clock to 3.30. At the wish of deceased no flowers woo placed on the coffia or the gcavo.