LATE MR WILLIAM REECE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 21 July 1930, Page 13

LATE MR WILLIAM REECE.

THE FUNERAL. Former friends in business, municipal, and private life attended the funeral of Mr William Reece, which took place at Linwood cemetery on Saturday morning. The Rev. F. B. Redgrave conducted the service at the graveside. The chief mourners were Mr C. H. Reece, Mr Peter Reece, and Dr. L. M. Molineaux. The following members of the staff of Messrs E. Reece and Co., Ltd., acted as pall-bearers; —Messrs W. A. Caldwell, A. E. Lawry, L. B. John son, J. McKinley, S. K. Bassett, and J. Nuttall. Other members of the staff of the firm with which Mr Reece was so prominently associated' present' were: Messrs F. Ball, E. Reece, E. Chappie, A. Jackson, S. Hooper, J. H. Timms, D. Duggan, G. Smith, C. Porter, and G. Graham. Others attending were: — Messrs J. Mac Gibbon (Bank of New Zealand), G. H. Congreve (president). W. JL Heney, W. J. Carlisle, V. E. Hamilton, S. Aitchison, Geo. M. Smith, and A. E. Byrne (secretary), representing' the . Christchurch Hardware Merchants' Association,' Messrs W. Hayward, W. Williamson, John . Wood, D Sykes, John Anderson, J. J. Dougall, H. Pearce, J.-W. Beanland, A. W. Beaven, and Frank Thompson, representing the Christchurch Tramway Board past and present, Messrs F. I. Cowlishaw, C. P. Agar, E.' W.-Reed, and 1 F. W.-'J. Belton, representing the Christchurch Gas Company, Messrs E. H. Wyles and J. Roy Smith (Canterbury Chamber of Commerce), Mr G. G. Townsend (WestportStockton Coal Company), Mr George Harper, Captain John Bowen, Mr George Gould, Mr Humphrey Holderness (New Zealand Shipping Company), Messrs Cyrus J. R. Williams, G. L. Donaldson, Menzies Gibb, and N. L. Macbeth (representing the Canterbury Society of Arts), the Hon. R. Moore, Messrs T. Dryburgh, A. Nicholls, E. F. Moore, Malcolm Powrie, A; M. Burns. (Christchurch - Press -Company, Ltd.), B. E. H. Whitcombe,' and T. W. Lewis (Mason, Strutters and f Co., Ltd.), Arnaud • McKellar, R. H. Ballantyne, D. Reese,. W. R. Caldwell, . S, ;Wootton; A. Butterfield, L. Frankish,

W. Poynter, G. Thompson, E. Smith, W. Olsen, W. G. Jamieson, E. Hamilton, Nurse Maude, Messrs G. T. Booth, and G. M. Hall (Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd.), W. L. King, William Bull, H. Wyatt, D. L. Rutherford, J. B. Donald, J. Mawson Stewart (Stewart, Beckett and Co.), W, Poynton (Dial Chemical Co., Ltd.), and Colonel H. S. Hobday. The following sent wreaths:—Staff of Messrs E. Eeece, Ltd., Tom, Joy, and Peter, J. and G. MI and Pattie, E. T. Reece staff, William, his sister, Mr George Buchanan, Mr H. O. D. Meares, Mr D. L. Rutherford, directors, management, and staff N.Z. Shipping Co., Mrs Fleming, Miss Fleming, Mr and Mrs J. Mac Gibbon, Mr and Mrs A. McKellar, Mr and Mrs J. H. Williams, Aggie,' executive staff of the Bank of New Zealand, Christchurch, Mr and Mrs Percy Wynn Williams, Prue, directors of E. Reece, Ltd., directors, general manager, and executive of the head office of the Bank of New Zealand, Mr George Humphreys, directors of the Christchurch Gas Co., Messrs Hastie, Bull, and Pickering, Mr "and Mrs A. M. Powrie, Mr Ken Bassett and family, members of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, the Canterbury Society of Arts, Nursie, Westport-Stockton Coal Co., Mr and Mrs J. A, Frostick, Mr Frank Graham, Christchurch Dis trict Nursing Association, staff of the Christchurch Gas Go., Hardware Merchants, Hal and Rosalind, Mr and Mrs E. F. Moore, Dr. and Mrs T.' L. Crooke, Guy, Stewart, Beckett and Co., Beath and Co., Tramway Sinking Fund Commissioners, Reese Bros., Mr and Mrs John Anderson, manager and staff of the Bank of New Zealand, Sydenham, Wyatt and Wilson, Mr and Mrs W. Ballantyne, Mr John Montgomery, Mr W. G. Jamieson, and Mr Alan Nicholls. MR JAMES BEBAN. One of the largest funerals seen in Christchurch for some time was that of Mr. James Beban, which took place at the Bromley Cemetery yesterday afternoon. Friends from all over Canterbury and the West Coast attended. A short service was conducted at the Catholic Cathedral by Bishop Brodie, assisted by the Rev. Father F. L. Dignan, S.M. ' The Bishop, paying a tribute' to Mr Beban's qualities, referred to his heroic efforts 1 :when.'three men were buried in •the : tunnelling ' disaster at. ■ Lake i

Coleridge. His action there, said his Lordship, was characteristic of the man, and now that he himself had passed the sympathy of all would go out to his sorrowing relatives. The Cathedral was' thronged. The Rev. Father Dignan. conducted the service at the graveside. The pallbearers were Messrs T. Williams, G. McKenzie, R. Power, and T. Moye. Mr Beban's widow, his daughter, Miss Winnie Beban, his two sons, Bernard and Francis, and four of his brothers, Mr S. Beban (Taihape), Mr Rocco Beban (Wellington), Mr Arthur Beban (Greymouth), and Mr D. Beban (Petone), were the chief mourners. Among those who attended the funeral were:—The Mayor (Mr J. K. Archer), the Town Clerk (Mr J. S. Neville), Mr G. R. Hunter, Mr P. C. Webb, Mr H. G. Livingstone, representing the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Coates), Mr A. H. Kimball (Mines Department), Messrs W. Flintoff, H. M. Chrystall (Port and City League), D. G. Sullivan, M.P. (New Zealand Labour Party), H. T. Armstrong, M.P. (Lyttelton Harbour Board), J. Ryall (Grey Harbour Board and Grey County Council), Charles McAuley (co-operative workers on Buller railway), T. Williams, H. Harvey, George McKenzie, and P. Kernamen representing the Goldlight Co-operative Party, Greymouth; H. Duggan (Cooperative Mine, Runanga), J. Unwin (Sparks Co-operative Party, Runanga), P. Slattery (Greymouth Licensed Victuallers' Association), J. Slattery (Reefton Licensed Victuallers' Association), R. Power (Otira), P. McCormack (Ruru), P. Gilligan (Kaimata), J. McGuire, W.' McFarlane (Napier), Mrs P. McGrath (Wellington), Dr. W. M. Cotter, the Hon. G. Witty, M.L.C., Messrs H. C. Harley, H. Lowther, A. Manderson, Mr and Mrs J. Stuart, Mr H. Cooper, Mr J. Torrance (Racing Conference), Mr and Mrs E. G. McCullough and Miss McCullough, Mr M. G. Winter, Mr J. Darroch, Mr and Mrs W. Ryan, 1 * Miss Ryan, and Master Ryan, Messrs W. Smith, A. Pearce, J. McCormack, R. McCormack, J. Sullivan, Miss M. McCormack, Messrs R. Mundy, J. Mundy, J. Crerar, A. Smith, R. Thomas, K. Calder, T. Watson, J. McWhirter, W. McWhirter, J. A. Frost (Dunedin), T. Robinson, W. Pease, sen. and jun., J. Carmine, Mrs W. Pease, Messrs C. Tisch, K. Burrowes, V. Burrowes, F. J. Malley, D. Edmonds, E. C. Kotlowski, P. Der largey, J. B. Taylor, W. J. Farrington, A. Young, Mr and Mrs Morgan O'Brien and Miss O'Brien, Messrs Kent Smith, Claude Smith, Mr and Mrs W. Hanrahan (Greymouth), Mr and Mrs A. J. Hastings, Misses G. and P. Herman, Mr and Mrs W. C. Price, Messrs K Evans, A. Kelly, a S. McCully, ,W., D. Ives,

Mr T. Aspell and Mr J. M. Coffey: (Lincensed Victuallers' Association 1 ), Mi" F. McDonald, W. B. Henqy (Ashby, Bergh and Co., Ltd.), Messrs G. Exton, W. Exton, J'. Bennett, S. Currw, A. O. Wellwood (The Pkess), J. C. Mtillins ("Referee"), E. Williams, J. Cook, J. Jack, J. D. Parker, H. Duggan, J. TJnwin, J. J. Keene, B. F. Keene, J. B. Pearson, H. Donovan, E. Shaw, W. J. McCausland, P. D. McNab, E. W. King, and F. L. Eastgate. The following sent wreaths:—Humphrey and Peg, Mr and Mrs McMahon and Aily, Greymouth Licensed Victuallers' Association; Mr D. Shea, Mr and Mrs (T. E. Robinson, Miss Kathleen O 'Grady, Mary and Lock Phelan, Mr J. Doyle, Farrisey and McDonald, Mr and Mrs A. Hyndman and Bay, Mr Alan Rodgers, Mr and Mrs H. Cutts, Mr and Mrs H. Cooper, Mr and Mrs McKechnie (Greymoutn), Mr and Mrs T. Brooks, Mr and Mrs N. Brooks, the Byall family, Mr and Mrs A. J, Hastings and Gaby, Mr and Mrs N. C. Price, Mrs Young and A. Muir, Mr J. B. Pearson, Dell and Mona, Mr Walsh and Cox, the Et. Hon. J. G. and Mrs Coates, Ivy and Billie, Mrs H. C. Albertson and family, Mrs M. Ward, Mr and Mrs Bolstad and family, Mr and Mrs K. Hore, employees of the Point Elizabeth Coal Co-operative, Mr Mcintosh (Levin), Mrs Coady and Mary; C. Stewart" and family (Coalgate), Mr and Mrs H. T. Armstrong, Nurse Lundius, Canterbury Licensed Victuallers' Association, Mr and Mrs Bert Ellis, Mr and Mrs W. Ives, Mr and Mrs Scalenes, Mr and Mrs Haisty,, Ashby, Bergh, and Co., Public Works Department, Mr and Mrs P. McGrath, Mr and Mrs T. Bennett, Mr and Mrs A. Moody, Nelson and the Jennings family, Mr W. Holmes, Mr Charles McAuley, Mr P. Galligan, Mr and Mrs Bagrie and Von, the Hatties family, Mr and Mrs Morgan O'Brien, Mr and Mrs B. Boot and family, Mr and Mrs K. S. Williams, Mr W. A. Sutton, Mr and Mrs West and Ngairie. Nina and Joe Carmian, Dr. Cotter, Mr Alex. Kelly and family, Mr P. W. Evans, Mr and Mrs J. Darroch, Mr P. C. Webb, Dan and Rock,- Riecarton trainers, Port and City League, Mr A. Scrimshaw, Riccarton jockeys,* Mrs Hawkin and family, -Hunter and Party (Runanga), Mrs Gregory and family, Mr and Mrs Tomkinson and family, Davis family (Blenheim), Alan and Alister Young. Mr and Mrs G. R. Hunter and family, Messrs Flintoff and Smith (Wellington), Mr and Mrs Lowther and family, Messrs Williams and McKenzie Co-op. party (Runanga), Devanev family (Hokitika), Mr and Mm R. Mundy and family, and Mr and Mrs T. Callinan. . Over one thousand messages of sympathy were received from -all parts of New Zealand, including messages from .the Prime Minister, (the Hon: G. W. Forbes), the Leader of the Opposition (the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates), and the Leader, of the Labour Party (Mr H. E.„ Holland).