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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 12, 19 December 1862, Page 2

Bueke and Wills' Proposed Public Fr- r ] neral. — The sub-committee of the Exploratio^ Committee have been in communication wit & j several undertakers relative to the funeral of lturk )n and Wills. An offer by Mr. Daley has been ac r j cepted. The Melbourne Corporation have acceptftpthe invitation to take part in the proceedings, a^ have the Williamstown, East Colli-igwood, Saudfe, rid £c, Creswick, Hotham, Ararat, Hawthorn*^ Emerald Hill, and Brighton; and the under-me£j c tioned Odd Feilows' lodges : — Port Phillip District Ararat, Hotham, Oakleigh, Emerald Hill, ar 18( Collingwood. The following are the arrangement g which will be earned out whenTthe remains of tt a jj explorers arrive. As Mr. Howitt and his part^ will come via Adelaide, the remains will be brougl^. up from the steamer in the Bay, in as private ij c manner as possible, and conveyed at once to tl^ a lioyal Society's hall, which will be draped in bloc^ E and darkened. For about a week the bodies w^{. lie in state. A catafalque about two feet from tig , floor is to be erected iv the centre of the hall, aEj c . and upon this will be placed a bier about four ftt high. The catafalque will be covered with crimso cloth draped with black. On either side of thvcoflins, massive brass candlesticks, eontainir-p lighted tapers, will be placed. Tho public will bM: admitted to the hall during the days on which theI remains will lie there. A large iuneral car, abos ai eighteen feet long and nine broad, is being co:-B structed to convey the remains to the cemetery Tho ground for the tomb has not as yet beeab] decided on, but it is hoped that a small triangulaa: piece of land close to Sir Charles Hotham's lnoniM inent will be granted to the trustees. — Age. lit Mormon Recuthts — About 200 of thediscipl*e< of Brigham Young arrived at New York 6n the !)*i . of July", in the packet-ship Winder mere, from Havne 1 A New York paper describes them as all — msafi women, and children — quiet, inoaensive-lookis C blue-eyed Swiss, but the charms of the female uc«K tion seemed to have been sadly impaired by hoiegmanual labour ; and, judging from their roitf.S shoulders, hard bony hands, and flat feet, they \&&~1 spent a considerable portion of their time in p^ -^ forming tasks for which the rougher sex s-'^j intended. They left nest day en route for ibj^ Great Salt Lake. Since the beginning of %j.. present year about 2500 Mormons have arriw |f at New York, and gone west to swell tV?; number of Brigham Young's followers. — ZV«4'C (London) Ist August.