Many at funeral for Mr Jarden
PA Wellington) The dynamic enthusiasm • of the late Ron Jarden was a| 'challenge to all, Dean Walter! } Hurst said at Mr Jarden’s' funeral. Wellington Cathedral was! ■full for the funeral of Mr! '.Jarden, chairman of the] I Broadcasting Corporation, a (former All Black and one of! (New Zealand’s leading stock-! brokers. | Political, sporting, broadcasting and business leaders I attended the funeral andj (wreaths came from as far ! away as Hong Kong. ; Mr Jarden died on Friday! at the age of 47. Mourners, 'were standing at the back] and sides of the cathedral, during the service. Dean' Hurst, the dean of the j cathedral, conducted the ser-i vice and delivered the} eulogy. The vicar of Stj James’ Church. Lower Hutt.!
: the Rev. Peter Butt, read the . lesson. “The loss we have sufferer I in Wellington is a nationa , loss to everything in which ' he was involved,” said Dear Hurst. Mr Jarden had achievec eminence in rugby, yachting | and business very quickly. “Whatever he thought was . worth w’hile and he enjoyed he gave it everything ht had.” Dean Hurst said. Mi Jarden had been involved j with a great number ol (organisations, but had stil been able to give full measure when asked for help The Government was represented by the Minister ol Slate (Sir Keith Holyoakei the Minister of Broadcasting (Mr Templeton), the Ministet of Trade and Industry (Mt Adams-Schneider), the Min ister of Social Welfare (Mr Walker),, and the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Higheti
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