The Funeral.
The remains were removed from the G-eelong Hotel, Alexandra, to the residence of Mr. Beck, at Clyde, on the night of the inquest, and the funeral arranged to take place at three o'clock the following day (Sunday.) The body was conveyed in a waggon. The members of the Clyde Brass Band (of which body the deceased was a member) in deep mourning walked on each side of the conveyance ; Messrs. Theyers and Beck, in the place of chief mourners, immediately behind ; a company followed of considerably over a hundred persons from Clyde, Alexandra, and Cromwell, and the district around. Service was read by Mr. Wilbey, followed by a short and impressive address on the uncertainty of human life, and our need of preparing for the future. Then the dull and melancholy sound of the earth falling on the coffin, told the last of poor Ned. His loss is a great blow to his many friends, and especially to his brethren of the Band, and just at the time too when they were preparing to celebrate their anniversary.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 1294, 18 September 1873, Page 5
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179The Funeral. Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 1294, 18 September 1873, Page 5
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