IN AUSTRALIA.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 843, 24 May 1910, Page 4

IN AUSTRALIA.

IMPRESSIVE SKKVICK IN SVONKV. SYDNEY, May 20. The last tributes were paid to-day by crowded congregat ions in all tin- churches and al the Slate memorial service which was held in Centennial Park at I-lic historic spot- where ten years ago the Australian ('ommonweallli was inaugurated. The day was beautifully line, and business was entirely suspended. The city during the forenoon was a citadel of silence. All public buildings and business houses were draped in black and purple. Al noun the Irani irallic was stopped for five minutes, and the quietude in the city was profound. Thenceforth the populace streamed in from ail the suburbs, malting its way to tile beautiful Centennial Park. where over 100.000 people assembled round the dais occupied bv llie State Governor (Kurd Chelmsford). Mr Wade and mem hers of his .Ministry, High Court and Supreme Court Judges, and other notAmidst the soft rumbling of _ muffled drums the I'nion Jack wins hoisted in tlic mast head, and ns it was masted the massed bands opened with the first bars of (’bopin’s Funeral Mnrcli, and tin l flag (Implied to half-mast. The Primate delivered an address. I lie Sydney Liedertafel sang “The Long Dav ('loses'." “Every Rustling Tree,” and “In Memorium,” while the great concourse listened with impressive slill-

Then 400 clad in while, tucked voices, sang “Nearer. My God. to Thee” and “Abide with Me.” with thrilling elfecl. . , The Philharmonic Society rendered “Blest are the Departed” and “Brother. Thou Art Gone Before.’ After the religious service concluded the Dead .March in Said was played, and thr (-(‘ivimmy oiuUml with “ r ino Last