FUNERAL OF THE LATE J. H. CORBETT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2259, 1 April 1886, Page 2

FUNERAL OF THE LATE J. H. CORBETT.

The last tribute of respect was paid to the late John Hicks Corbett yosterdiy, when some 500' or 600 people followed his' remains to the grave. The many Societies, of which deceased had been an active mem- • ber were determined to do all that lay jk their power to give expression to the hiral) regard in which the members .of their'-', fraternities held tho memory of their late ■r ■■ Brother. It wasannounccd that the Loyal ,)k Masterton Lodtre of Oddfellows, of which /A/ 1 body the deceased was a Brother and Past! M* l Grand Officer; the Thistle Lodge, 8.C.,,. ■• of which at the time of his death he was the Right Worshipful Grand Master, and the Masterton Lodge of English Masons would follow in full regalia. The members of the two Bands united on this occasion to do honor to their late patron. The procession was formed at the ' deceased's late residence in' Wrigley-St. in the following order—first the band, . which numbered twenty-one members,, then followed the Oddfellows, under the L charge of Bro. Dalrymple; next in order • came the English lodge of Masons, in charge of the Worshipful Master, Bio. R, J. Fitton, Then St Mark's Lodge and • visitors, These woro followed by • the Thistle Lodge of Scotch Masons, in charge of Past Master Bro. L. J. Hooper. The hearse came next, followed by the relativesandfriendsof deceased. P.M. of the Thistle Lodge,..vasMarsW • of the whole procession, and in tho ordlp' named it marched to St Matthew's Church, ' JL where it was met by tho Rev W. E,-V> Paige, who, as Lodge Chaplain, wore the ■ • Masonic regalia and jewels. The procession opened out and lined the path on each side leading from Queen-street to the • church door, through which the coffin was borne by four Masonic past masters, Bros Hooper, Mcintosh, Fitton, and Taylor,. into tho church. The building was crowded with mourners, and many could not obtain entrance, After the service at the Ohuroh the procession continued in the same order to the cemetery, where tho beautiful and impressive service foj the burial of the dead was concluded. ■.> Tho Rev. Mr Paige thon conducted the Masonic service, and at its conclusion the brethren all deposited a sprig sf ■'.'. acacia on the coffin. P.G. Bro Dal- • rymple afterwards read the address of the Oddfellows in an impressive manner. At ■ the conclusion of the ceremony there was hardly a dry eye to be seen. The fraternities fell into lino and marchod back to their various lodges preceded by the band playing "The Soldier's Last Letter." Oju ... the way to tho church and grave the baw M played " Beethoven's Funeral March.'*'*! -