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AN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL

THE LATE MR j. H. PAULING. All that is mortal of our old and . esteemed townsman, Mr J.:mes H. Pauling, was laid to rest in the Mas•terton. Cemetery on Thursday afternoon under surroundings of a most impressive, sacred and pathetic character. At 2.30 o'clock the streets cf the main thoroughfare were lined with people, whilst hundreds were congregated at the home of the deceased gentleman at Kuripuni. A s the body encased in, a casket of polish© doak, was borne to the dismantled fire-en-gine, which had been improvised into a hearse, the Caledonian Pipe Band played a mournful lament. The cofliin was then covered with the Scottish flag, which was draped in black, and with ; beautiful floral wreaths, crosses , and other tributes. The hugevproceseion was formed without the slightest ' hitch, the arrangements having been ! carefully made by Superintendent Jenkins, Captain Dixon, Messrs F. J. Hunn and flßod Mcßae, who acted as j marshalLs. Preceding the hearse were ! I the Pipe Band, th e * Foresters, Druids, Oddfellows and ±' reemasons immediately following -it were the relatives of the deceased and friends of the family. Then cam 6 the/employees of the Implement Company, of which the late Mr Pauling had for twelve years j been manager. These \ were followed by the directors of the Caledonian Society, members of the Trust Lands Trust, representatives of local bodies, the massed brass bands, Fire Brigade, ' Fire Police, members of the Caledonian Society, and citizens. All sections of the community were represented in the mournful procession—busi-ness-men, professional'men, Justices of the Peace, settlers, and others. The cortege must have been fully a mile in length. The massed hands played the "Dead March in Saul" Tintil the District High School was reached. , Then the Pipe Band took up the refrain, and the "Flowers of the Forest" pealed forth. As the procession passed along the main - thoroughfare, the scene was a most impressive one. Shops were closed, window blinds drawn, heads bared, and the whole atmosphere was charged with profound solemnity. As the mournful 'cortege swung into Church Street, the massed bands rendered Beethoven's "Funeral March." Arrived at the Cemetery, there was a vast assemblage l of men, women and children, all anxious to pay a last tribute to the memory of one who in life Had been so sterling a citizen. The Rev A. T. Thompson, 8.A., 8.D., read the solemn ceremony of the Presbyterian Church, •which was followed by Druidic and Masonic ceremonies, each mos<t deeply pathetic, and as the brethren of the Masonic order passed round the grave and deposited a sprig of acacia lori.the coffin, the fervent h°Pe was e x_ I pressed that the winter of his life having passed, the buds of spring wouM (burst forth in all their splendour. The , Pipe Bnny rendered "Lochaber N" 1 .More," and so ended a ceremony which I was magnificent in its grandeur, imposing in its solemnity and affecting in its pathos. The pall-bearers from the house to the hearse were six employees of the Implement Company. The casket was carried from the hearse to the. grave by Chief McLeod, and Messrs J. B. MeKenzie, T. G. Hoar, J. Georgcson, G. R. Sykes, M.P., and D. McLachlan, prominent officials of the Caledonian Society. It was lowered to .the grave by Messrs'J. M. Coiadine. C. flaussmann, W. D. Watson and R. Buick. The grave is situated in a secluded corner of the Cemetery, almost beneath the weeping willows, and within a stone's ihrow of the still waters of the Waipoua river, which pass noiselessly on as if to illustrate the continuity of things created by Nature. And here poor "Jim" Pauling, the loved of his home, the friend of the people, the Chief of the Caledonians will rest until the last trump shall sound and the dead shall awaken from their slumbers. Requiescat in Pense!

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 6 September 1912, Page 5

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AN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 6 September 1912, Page 5

AN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 6 September 1912, Page 5

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