A HIGHLAND BURIAL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 68, 13 December 1907, Page 6

A HIGHLAND BURIAL.

FUNERAL 'OF CHIEFTAIN MACDONALD. To the "customary suits of solemn Hack" and .the ."dejected haviour of the visage," that.,, usy ally attend , the interment of every good'man, was, in'the case of Mr. Aloysins Mac Donald. late manager of the Dank of New South Wales, added. ,a touch of " the picturesque, that' is rarely soon 1 in this part of the world.., .In, the iveins of the deceased .geiitlenian , ; iran,.),t:he> blood.:, of. 'the Koppoch ifapDonal;v/lio • li.ayd. played iiot an unimportant part in the : ;history of Old Scotland, and i .it .was. pride of race and love of counfa-y.'.that, induced. Mr; Mac Donal- to.express the wish to .liis Sorrowing folk that lus v funeral should be * arranged as nearly as is possible in this part >of ■ the world as would bo the case had lie died in the home of his distinguished ariceatohC;— in a manner befitting a Highland chieftain. So, when the handsome casket was-borne from the incenscli ami ted interior of the Sacred Heart Basilica ill Hill Street yesterday afternoon, .behind the elevated cross and the purplefcasso'cke'd. acolytes,-il;-was placed 011 a lorry, the rough boards..of which were covered with red .cloth, a,nd aftqr .being draped with a plaid of the' Mac Donald tartan by Sergeant Chart-res, .of the Highland Rifles, the cortege vmoved ■' 1 off- to the Karori -Cemetery, headed by Pipers. D. Campbell and Scott, playing the. weirdly touching lament, "Lochabqr.No More," the, wail of pipes mingling strangely with the deep tones of the softly tolling bell., | |3eliihd followed a long line oi: ;bdbs,'.'.. each "-.with. ; a '. full complement of mourners,.and';a largo-.number on foot. The chief; mourners were the. deceased's five sons, thei .Rev. Father A. MacDoilald, of Sydney, Ranald, John, Colin, and Aloysins Mac Donald, and the Hon. .J. Rigg and Mr. Archibald Higg. cousins of the deceased.' Among those present were .'His .Worship the. Mayor (Hon. T.' W. Hislop), Hon. I{. Loughnan, M.L.C.; Lieut.-Colonel, Collins . (Secretary of the Treasury), Sir Kenne'tli Douglas, Messrs. Focke (German Consul), J. M'Dongall, Hamilton Gilmer, ;3lnrt-in Kennedy, A. Dorset, K C. li. Mills, W. C. Gascoigne, and many other prominent- citizen^. • At-9 ;aVm,. yesterdliy a solemn, pontifical requiem Mass;.ws .solemnised at the Sacred Heart Basilica by Archbishop Redwood, assisted ■by tlie: Rev.' Father ~ Finnerty (of Timaru), as deacon, , and., tho Rev. Father iiowden, as sub-deacon. There were also present in the sanctuary" the, Rev. Fathers O'Shea (Vicar-Gsnoral))', Clnn&, • M'Dermott (Rede.mfitbnst), (of Carterton), Kimbell, Moloney, Ainsworth, Peoples (of Christchurch), M'Carthy, Hartley, Herring, andGondringer (of St. Patrick's College). TheGregorian ..music, was rendered by a sestet of. priests, assisted by the Hon. R. Loughnan, M.L.C.; 1 Father -Kimball presiding at the organ. .-Tjiere-was a largo congregation at the morning Mass, and many visited the dacred- edifice throughout the day to show tlioir respect and esteem for the dead. Before . tho body was borne from the church tho Archbishop read a portion of the burial .service. , The, servico at the graveside was. particularly impressive. A spot had been chosen at the-request„of tho deceased on the southern aspect of the knoll marked by a largo cross as indicating the Roman Catholic portion of tho burial ground. The body was borne to its last resting plate to the accompaniment of wailing pipes, and ;« ; tei" the.service had been read bv tho Rev! Father Moloney; tho pipers played "Lord LovatVLnnicnt'' over tho open .grave, tho mournful music'(.ravelling far and'wide over the hills iu the still afternoon air.\