The Funeral.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1767, 1 November 1883, Page 2

The Funeral.

The funeral *rf the unfortunate young man, Ja.i\»<*, Weal, left Lewis' Hotel for Pvangjaohia at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. In spite of the bad weather-, a laive number of people attended, nearly a hundred following thes coffin, which was covered with wroathtf of flowers. Upon it also weie placed the deceaseol's cap and instrument (deceased was a member of the band. ) The mournful shams of that raof,t beautiful of all pieces of lmw^ the Dead March in • haul, a/\d.od. sole-muity to the "occasion. The i»ioce.s»io« was headed by the firing p/irfcy of- thirteen of the deceased's comrades . to foot. At the o)o68 of tho service for the dead, whi^fr, v,<a,s read by Father isobar, th^eej vo^eysx Avere 'fii-ed"o^ef 'the" grave. ' liefoxe dl^iwaiug, MrtWeal thankod thd cavalry for- their attendance and sympathy, tyic) honed, as it was thefirstacoj^eatal death which had occurred, in the> i^jroop, it woulj^ be the last. The greatest; sympathy is fe^i f«)r the' family in tttatr sad 'bereavement* ' The sad affaiv b^s oast ,a, deep glooea ovecthe place. =(Own Correspondent))

Messrs i(^lark and G:vftfchave. received fnstrnctions from Mrs Dr to so?) at her residence, Alpha-s£rect, Cambridge, the whole of her valuahlahpusehold furniture and effects. Th& lots raa^r bpjnspected on Saturday. / O,nusi^^nd^, occupicrsof(land'in!"the'MahVapi^o Roa,d TiUtrict \vho .have furze, sweetbriar,. , b^ambjo or brdom encroaching 1 on the districtroads are warned, to remove all such from tHe-, rqads forthwith, as tljabpar^ iqtond toenfore. UltfV prflvi^o95 v 9fth6'act, ' • ' • 'IT