FINAL OBSEQUIES

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1933, Page 5

FINAL OBSEQUIES

LATE ARCHIBISHOP WRIGHT.

AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY

Australian Prnss Association.)

SYDNEY, March 8

The funeral of Archibshop ,Wright to-day was attended by a large representative assemblage of people both in the cathedral and at the graveside at South Head cemetery.

The cathedral was full to overflowing, thousands thronging adjacent streets. The service was most' impressive. Among those present were the State Governor, a representative of the Federal Government, and leading members of the State Government, a nd leading members of official, professional, end commercial circles, while high church dignitaries from tile other states participated. The service was simple, but impressive beyond expression. The adress in the cathedral was given by. Archbishop Sharp . 0 f Brisbane, who delivered ■a, striking panegyric on the dead Prelate .as a churchman, as a friend and a man. Seldom has a more impressive scene been witnessed than that presented in tlie city streets' through which a long procession wound its way to South Head. Footpaths were lined for several miles with thousands of bareheaded men, while women in many cases sobbed as tlie hearse passed, followed by several floats bearing a wealth of floral tributes. The final service at tlie graveside was conducted by the Dean of Sydney and Coadjutor Bishop Kirkby. '