A FAB SOUTH GRAVE.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 May 1922, Page 5

A FAB SOUTH GRAVE.

THE BURIAL OF SHACKLETON, A SIMPLE CEREMONY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received May 4, 8.30 p.m. London, May 3. Captain Hussey reports from South Georgia by wireless that, borne over piles of whalebone and little mountain streams, the body of Sir Ernest Shackleton was laid at rest for ever in a. little hillside cemetery of South Georgia on March 5. His head lies to the southward, towards the Antarctic he loved so well. Over the resting place there has been raised a simple wooden cross, bearing wreaths from Lady Shackleton and members of the expedition. Prior to the service in the church, which was of the simplest character and conducted by Magistrate Binnie, Mrs. Aderg, the only woman on the island, placed a bunch of freshly-gath-ered flowers on the coffin. A hundred whalers were present, the Norwegians singing a funeral hymn, and the company repeating the Lord’s Prayer. Then the coffin was borne on the stalwart shoulders of six Shetlanders, all exservice men, up the hillside, followed by a cortege of islanders, the church bell solemnly tolling while the remainder of the service was conducted at the graveside, the Norwegians singing their funeral hymns. Magnificent wreaths from the Uruguay Government, the French Maritimes Society and other bodies in Uruguay were placed on the grave.— Times Service.