A STATE FUNERAL

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19975, 9 July 1930, Page 12

A STATE FUNERAL

BURIAL AT BLUFF ON SUNDAY. [THS PRESS Special Service.] WELLINGTON, July 8. • In accordance with" his own Wish, Sir Joseph will bo laid to rest in the cemetery at Bluff alongside ,his wife. His family would have preferred to jiave a. private funeral, but at the request of i the Government, they, -have agreed that the State Sir Joseph served for go long shall pay a .last tribute in taking charge of, the funeral arrangements. The burial .will, take place at Bluff next Sunday, and it is expected that all Sir Joseph Ward's coK leagues on the Ministry will attend, as well as a large number of members of Parliament. '. . There is to bo a Requiem Mass at the Basilica >in Hill street at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. The cortege will leave tlie Ministerial residence at 9.40 for the Basilica, proceeding via Hawkestone street, Tinakori road, and Hill street, arriving at the Basilica shortly before 10 o'clock. From that hour the arrangements will be in the hands of the Government. The body will lie-in-state at the Basilica to-morrow, and at the Parliamentary Buildings from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, when the funeral will leave for the Lyttelton ferry. It will pass down Molesworth street and along Lambton quay, Willis street, and Manners street, as far as the Royal Oak corner, when' it will turn into Jervois uay, and proceed direct to the ferry. The casket will go' to Lyttelton that night, members of Parliament following next evening. On arrival at Christchurch on Friday the- casket will be 'placed on the 8.35 a.m. express for Invercargill* arriving there at & p.m. It will be taken to the Basilica there, remaining until Sunday, when the funeral will take place. A service will be held at the Basilica at 9 o'cl'ock on Sunday morning, and the cortege will then lea for Bluff by road. The Prime Minister, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, and his colleagues will act as pall-bearers. . Hundreds of messages of sympathy were received by the family of Sir Joseph Ward at Molesworth street all to-day, telegrams coming from all parts of the c.ountry. Among the visitors were members of the United Party, including Mr T. Makitanara (Southern Maori), who laid a Maori mat on the body .of his old chief, in accordance with Native custom, and delivered an oration to the dead. .... ! CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. t ' REQUIEM MASS ON THURSDAY. In connexion With the iieath of Sir Joseph Ward> there" will be appropriate celebrations -at the-Catholic Cathedral. A' Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, as Thursday is the day appointed for the public funeral procession through the streets of Wellington. His I Lordship Bishop Brodiewill preside and speak at the Mass, and it is expected I that the clergy of the City and suburban parishes: Will assist.: The-Gregorian music of- the Requiem: Mass. will be ,aung by the pjrlests* ' r - ; .. -. ."T■ ; ; K " PONTIFICAL MASS AT WELLINGTON TO-DAY.

(FBKSS . AJBOOATIO* tslmuum.) WELLINGTON, July 8. < All Government offices are closed today, as a mark of respect to the late Sir Joseph Ward. . > • > ' Solemn Pontifical Mass will l>e sung to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock by Archbishbp .CShea. ■ The' Deacon 'will be the Rev. Father J. Dowling, S.M., and the Suh-Deacon the Rev. Father Kelly. . Archbishop Redwood-will assist in the Mass from his throne, and he will also be assisted by the Rev. Father T. McCarthy, S.M., stid the Rev. Father Connolly, S.M. Archbishop Redwood will also speak. SCHOOLS TO BE CLOSBD. ' Yesterday instructions were received by Mr C. R. Kirk, secretary to the Canterbury Education Board, for the schools to. be closed on account of the of Sir Joseph Ward. The telegram was not received until after noon, so it was too. late for- the necessary instructions to be issued. Some of the schools, which received the instructions by < wireless/, did- close. Mr Kirk told a reporter of Thb Press yesterday that the telegram : had also contained instructions to close the schools on the' day of the funeral, but as it was to be on a Sunday the schools would close on the day of the memorial service, if one were held.