IRELAND'S GRIEF.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1922, Page 5

IRELAND'S GRIEF.

PASSING OF MR. COLLINS. AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE. THE PEOPLE’S TRIBUTE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, August 28. Mr. Collins’ funeral was the greatest demonstration of mourning ever seen in Dublin. Full military and civic honors were accorded him. Immense numbers lined the route, which was miles long, embracing most of the principal thoroughfares. Requiem Mass was celebrated in the pro-cathedral in the morning, at which foreign Consuls and distinguished military and civic leaders were present. Messrs. Lloyd George and Churchill were represented. In the procession, which was headed by an escort of cavalry, a thousand soldiers picked from the National Army were followed by the gun carriage with the body. Six bands played funeral music, including national dirges by Irish pipers at the graveside. A detachment of the Dublin Guards formed the firing party. Mr. Collins was buried in the centre of the plot specially reserved for soldiers of the National Army, so that the dead chief lies among his comrades. Thousands of workers from Londonderry had arranged a picnic at Buncrana to-day. but the Free State authorities banned it out of respect for Mr. Collins. CABLE TERMINAL RECAPTURED. London, August 28. The rebels were driven out of Waterville cable station, the chief terminal of the Commercial Cable Company. BRIDGES BLOWN UP. Received Aug. 29. 5.5 p.m. London. August 28. Rebels blew up a number of railway bridges south of Kildare, and prevented thousands of Southern Irishmen from attending Mr. Collins’ funeral.