LATE SIR WILLIAM HERRIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 47, 24 February 1923, Page 12

LATE SIR WILLIAM HERRIES.

TUNERAL IN WELLINGTON. -IMPI.K. Ml' I Mi' . !Ml'K!-> ,\"K. ■Rj T.-1.-.rapl. "r, . \ ... I i:i.--i .VKI.I.IM.T' 'V. l-'i '•la;.-. f me.nl of the hue -ir Wi!li»ni (lerrie- » hi.-li ~...'., |.!a. c m \\ .:i'i,.■•.", i" .:..> \ large rot,, i,ut-,,- ~i" |„ ,|,|e if-eitlMl'i' 111 Hie I'nrliiini-it m L ' ••nil-1- an, -t reels v the \ ic'miM . nnd all -I i .'• T ' vi vered ii.'.1.l- 1.. .Mil I, I lie procee I iii-s \ll Ciivcrnnicnl nllii-i- <• !■ ■-<■.] foi naif an lunir, nnd ail 1.1, n- - ere dra '. n 'Ihe finiernl cortege, niii.-ii -tnr>.| iron ;,c inn in etn rim-" ~t" 1 : i" leiupi.ran I _rlin DiPiii liitilrlin!! . wa- a very Ion; •..lie. Ii was heailnl -v t'.•■' chic mourner-, the Prim. Mini-tei ' Ria'li' Hon. \\ . I'" ..In- ... .iiol Mr. A. . Da} ir.|Vn-i.i| .i-rctnry re pr.-. . lin_ lii- X..el lone, tiie I ifnernor-'•ener.tl. ,v'o, i- n present in \\ a pimp in . In ■ ;,;t,|l>. m. -i were tho ('ai.inet cullca Linos ~f -,;,,. hi;. Mini-tiT. the linn. si,, l-'iaiici- I'.cll. ■. K. Helton llln.'li-. -ir \\ in. l-'ra-er. Id. Hon-. I). 11. Ciitlnie. ii. .1. \i,.1.-r-.i W. \'..-w, rliiy. -I. C I ...it.'-, and . (ieorge ll,inter. M.1.. ,i very ~!,! irien. of dt'.o.i-oii. Tlie collin "a- 1.0rn,. :'r..n ihe hearse into the pro-( at iiedral. nil. again Iron, the hoar . In tiie ninriimi" .•impel ~i Karori Hay by Mc- .« 1.. X Johnson ifnrni"rlv sir William* privati secretary i. Mr. 11. \\ . M.-X'illy igenera manager <•! t'ue Ruilmvs Department' Mr. I. U . McDonald 'tis .stant genera manager ,•: railways'. Mr. Halnenvi (private secretary -~ the Minister o Native Affair-, and formerly n—...iute. with Sir William in the -am,' • -\\_.m ity , Mr. A. shepherd iN'ativ Atinir- DepaVl ment. represyiting i liief liulge .loiirsi nnd Mr. I-'. W. P,..wl\ i secretary of" ill. Labour Department i. A niiinlicr of repre-en' mm- of botl House- ~f the Legislature were pre-ent including Sir .lames Sinclair, sir Unite: Buchanan, lions. T. \\. lli-1,.p. W. II Triggs. W. Karnshaw. Sir .li.hn Luke Messr-. P. Kraser. -!. O'l.rion. W. .1 Jordan .representing the Labour party) VV. H. Field. 11. Atmore. VV. .!. Girling Tan Henare. J. A Yemnj_. nn.l anion. former members of Pa rlin incut won .Messrs. A. S. Malcolm nnd K. Newman The Mayor of Wellington I Mr. R. A Wright. M.P.i. and ( ouncillor- P. Frnsei and 11. D. Bennett represented the ( it... Council. The Cliamiier of Commerce unrepresented by Messrs. \V. F. Outlil. rt son (president I. .1, Myers. 11. Kairchih (secretary), and there were also present the Right. Hon. Sir -loscpli Ward. Sh John Kindlay. Sir Harold lleauchamp _ it J. B. Lieutenant-Colonel <.<• PowelSa (representing Major-! .neral J. ii _. XV. K. (. haytor, (ieneral Oflicer com manding New Zealand Forcesi, ! Surgeon (leneral Mc.lavin, Mr. ('. P. Skerrett X.C.. Mr. K. (.'.(Morgan (Railway Officer.Institute). Mr. A. F. Lowe (clerk of the Legislative Council!. Mr. E. W. Kane (clerk of the House of Representatives) 31r. T. Lisle (Reform party's organiser) Culonel Bray, nnd Major Wintern (repre senting Salvation Army), besides heat and chief executive officers of Govern ment Departments, and many others. All .hose in the procession walker bareheaded from Parliament building: to St. Paul's pro-Cathedral, and crowd of people lining '.lie streets stood bare headed as the cortege passed throng! Tlie church was crowded with those wh desired to pay a last tribute of respec to the deceased. Impressive services simple and brief, were conducted in tin Cathedral and also nt the inortuan chapel, Karori. by the Bishop of Wellington, the Right Rev. Dr. Sprott. assisted by the \'en. Archdeacon Johnston. The remains will be cremated at the Wellington crematorium, and the ashes Vill be conveyed to Te Aroha by the Main Trunk express and interred in the Church sf England cemetery there. All members of the Ministry will attend the final funeral rites, at which the pallbearers will be representatives of the local authorities in Tauranga electorate which tl. late Sir William Herries repre scnted for many years past. The Ministers a* present in Wellington wil leave for Te Aroha by special train ot Sunday night. "PEACE TO HIS ASHES.' SIR J. CARROLL'S SYMPATHY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GISBORNE. Friday. Referring to the death of Sir Williai Herries. Sir James Carroll said: "I haylost one of my dearest friends. Pol tically we were opposed to each otliei but our political differences were always kept on the high plane of argument. leaving the issue always to be settled by a majority decision. In politics Sir William Herries was a man who always played the game and never hit below the belt. Of kindly temperament, he was a strong party man, with a keen conception of the balance between right and wrong. He was a 'sport' in a deeper and wider sense of the term than that given to it hy most people. I have lost a good friend, the Maoris have lost n good friend, so have sportsmen, so have all reasonably-minded men. Peace to his ashes.'' FBNEEAL AT TE AROHA. (By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.) TAURANGA. Friday. A representative meeting of citizens .as held in the Borough Council chambers last evening, tlie Mayor presiding. It was decided that the citizens of Tauranga he officially represented at the funeral of Sir William Herries and j that the Mayor, the chairmen of the j Hospital Board. County Council, and Harbour Board, and members of local .bodies should attend the funeral at Te Abulia.