MAJOR CLARES FUNERAL
The funeral o? Major Clare, which took place on Thursday, at Cambridge, was attended by settlers from all parts of the Waikato district. Many did not know even of that gentbnian's decease, still less of the day and hour of the funeral, until they received the morning paper, but, nevertheless aid though it ia the busiest of the hay season, there oould not have been loss than three hundred persons present; The funeral cortage left (he late residence of the deceased shortly before one o'clock, and was attended by a large concourse on horseback,
in vehicles, and on foot. Major Roberts, the two sons of the deceased, Newell, and H. were the pfif Mrefs:vThe funeral, by dffie k the late im ov im^ v W\ v a [oneW/ arss| §He Service &as re|fj |>y Jtty.lUl/MfEvlffs, the |Rev ? Jp" Erig pf adicesr>to. Vj at the grave, referring to the excellencies of character of the deceased, and the KigK estimation in" winch Tie was held. Major Clare was in his 65th year. .
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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1011, 14 December 1878, Page 2
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173MAJOR CLARES FUNERAL Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1011, 14 December 1878, Page 2
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