THE LATE MR C. E. CALCUTT.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12964, 18 November 1907, Page 7

THE LATE MR C. E. CALCUTT.

The esteem in which tho. late Mr C. E. Oalcutt was held by all ■**»«» of th© community was evidenced by the vory krg© attendance, at the funeral, which took |>lac© on Saturday « «» Linwood Cemetery; Th* funeral cortege waa quit© half a. mil© in leiwth. Tho mourners included repreeentatiyea of the different associations with -which the deceased gentleman waa connected, and a very notable feature was th© largo extends nc© of representative farmers. Tho chief mourners fT* Messrs E. G. Staveley, Colin Stewart and Martin Smith, and th© bearera, all members of the staff of the New Zealand Loan end Mercantile Agency Company, wer© Messrs Morton, Fulton. Powrie, Kitto, Moir *nd Poster. Practically ell the stat of th© Loan and Mercantile Company were present. At the graveside > the kst rites were conducted by Canon P»scoc. Amongst the very large number present were:—Mr F. H. Pyne. Mr Geo. Payliug (Mayor of ~Christchurch), Mr A. Boyle, Mr N. C. eteveley, Mr A. G. Staveley, Mr F. A. Archer, Mr Wm. Phillips, Mr J. Sowden. Mr B. Lane, Mr A. C. Rolleston, Mr G. W. Russell, Mr Geo. Harper, Mr H. Bourn, Mr A. Smith, Mr W. H. Maitland Mr Geo. Fisher (Metson and Co.), Mr F. H. Steel, Mr Jas. Knight, Mr R. Litter, Mr J. F. Buchanon, Mr F. Pratt, Mr A. Ferguson, Mr C. Sawtell, Mr G. B. Starky, Mr T. A. Bullick, Mr Goo. Harris. Mr W. B. Cowlishaw, Mr R. Vincent, Mr H. Acton Adams. Mr T. S. Johnston, Mr W. D. Stewart. Mr 6. Cadle. Mr H. H. Secretan, Mr W. Jamieson, Mr Jas. Jamieson, Mr F. M. Warren, Mr A. A. M. McKellar t Mr A. MoKellar, Mr Jas. Henderson. Mr C Bellamy. Mr Gi W. McClure, Mr F. H. Lebstt, Mr A. Bourn (Farmers' Cooperative), Mr M. Davie 4 Mr G. Treleaven. Mr C. fl. Howell, Mr H. B. Lane, snd Mr H. D. Macdonald. Th© New Zealand Trotting Association was represented by Messrs Emerson Clarkson, W. Hayward and J. B. Norris (secretary).

The members of th© Riocarton Cricket Club (of which th© lat© 31 r Calcutt was president at the time of hia death) who were playing in th© First Grade match on Saturday wore a band of black round their arm* as a mark of respect.

Tho following sent wreaths:—Canterbury Club, Master Batchers' Association, Mr W. A tack, Miss Dorothy Biseett, Mr and Mrs R. Latter, Canter* bury Sheep-owners' Union, "Mr J. F. Buchanan (Little River), Mr and Mrs Leioestar Mataon, Mr and Mrs F. Pratt (Sumner), Mr C. Bellamy, Mr and Mrs Edgar Jones (Mount Nessing), Mr G. JJtesett, Mr M. Buns. Mi* Duncan Rutherford, Mr and Mrs Inkson, National Mortgage, Mr Donald McLean (Mount Hntt), Mr and Mrs Percy Herman, Mr and Mrs W. F. Norton. Mr and Mrs W. Macfarlane, Mr snd Mrs Chas. H. Willis. Mr and Mrs R. O. Duncan, Messrs Pvne and Co.. Mr and Mrs W. Morton, Mrs A. J. White, Miss White, Mm Fulton and family, Mr J. Oliver (Cheviot), Mr and Mrs A. Mpefarlane, Mr J. E. Ferguson, Mr »nd Mrs •Hartley Smith. Mr W. B. Cowlishaw, Mr and Mrs Sawtell. Mr end Mrs E. 0. Staveley, Loan and Mercantile staff, Dr. Palmer, Canterbury Cricket Associition. Mr and Mrs Herbert ActonAdams, Sir f. H. Pyne, Mr A. Boyle. Mm McOwen, Mr and Mrs W. D. Stewart, Mr and Mrs R. E. M. Evans. Mr and Mrs Colin Stewart, Mr and Mrs W. B. Olarkson, junr., Mr and Mrs F. A. Archer. Messrs H. Moteon and Co., -Mifs I. .Staveley. Mm W. B. Clarkson, sonr., Mr and Mrs H. Kohn, Mr and Mrs J. Clarkson, Mr and Mrs Geo. Rhodes. Mr and Mrs MeClure, Mr and Mre W. Jamieson, Tlie Canterbury Saleyards Company, Mr F. Warren, Mr and the Misses Sccretan, Mr and Mrs Buw, Mr and Mm R. ActonAdams, and th© Riccarton Cricket Club.