LATE SIR ARTHUR GUINNESS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 June 1913, Page 5

LATE SIR ARTHUR GUINNESS.

A HXJGfI FUNERAL. {By • Telegraph. — Press Association.> CREYMOUTH, Last Night. To-day broJse beautifully fine, and early tiiis morning special trains from the termini of all the West Coast railways began to pour in crowds of people on the mournful mission of paying the last tribute of respect to tlu late Sir Arthur Guinness, M.P. The business place's, public offices and public and private schools were closed, and there were general expressions of mourning throughout the town. At 2 o'clock the largest gathering ever seen on the Coast began to gather, including the Hon. A. ■L. Herdman, Messrs Seddon, Colvin, and Witty, M.'sP., the Mayors, chairmen, and members of local bodies as far south as -Ross, and as far north as Westport, to pay a reverent respect to one of the Dominion's foremast legislators. For the most part, the assemblage consisted of young people and those in the prime of life; but there were present numerous old men, veterans bent'and supported with sticks, true and staunch supporters of the deceased throughout His many political campaigns and cemented in friendship severed only by death. Tli© cortege was headed by Brass Baiids. The members of-the Grev Harbour Board acted as pall-bearers. The hearse was burdened with floral tributes, including wreaths from the "Cabin ?t, the Liberal Parif, members of the Borough Council. Wcstland, Grey, and Inangahua County Councils, Education Boards, School Committees, Trotting and Jockey Clubs-, Friendly Societies and general public. The carriages in the cortege extended for about "a mile and a half—an impressive nrooession: The last solemn rites of the Church of England were performed, in the presence of a tremendous conjugation, by the Ven. Archdeacon York, assisted by Dr Black (Presbvterian'). Thus were laid to rest the remains of a man honoured and loved by all. His name will long be held in grateful memory.