A DEPARTED CHIEF.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 430, 12 February 1909, Page 7

A DEPARTED CHIEF.

■ THE LATE HONE HEKE' .'V '■.-"A:.'- S'FUNERAL OBSEQUIES. / Very ; . quietly, yesterday tndffiitig, tho remains of-tho'lata Mr. Hoile Heke, M.P,/, Wife , escorted, from. the. Biiiltllilgs ' to /rhorndon Station, ert route to theft last rCEt« .iitg place at .far Kaikbiie, beydnd the' Northern City. The heafs6; with- the ofik d6C3n coii'tniuirig the/remains, dfeW tip t6 the nittiii 'portico, of the. building ■ sliSrtly 'befofe. half-past. D, and. after a brief *vait moved 6Ut, followed ■ by the funeral prooessioii.Among those who attended wel'4 th 6 niCttibdrS bf the Cabinet ftt bfesent in Hdtii Jailies Caff oil (Native Ministof),. ,H6ri. G.- IWlds: (Miiiisto , for Eduoatiau),. flan. Dr. Rfldlay (Minister: for : JlistiCe), Hoft. D. Budcto (Minister for Internal ■Affairs);:', Mr. Cyril -Ward (reptessiitiiig. the Prima Minister, Sir Joseph -TVard), HoU. C, M,. liiike'j' M.L.C.I Mossrs. T. 1 P&rata, ll.Fj, 'f.' Y. Seddon, M.P., J; Pi Dike, M.!'., ](■ M. Stoffnll (Hard Honglj,. ahd others. The. Hon. A. 'IV Ngata;";whd wtt§ : unavoidably, prevented ffotn being present,: Was ropf6§eiited, by his private secretary. -."i . • : _.On arrival'at "the station, the Coffin, .which : Was ooVoi'Gd ',by aft. clabqtately-iVofksd "KordIvaii" was . placed. dn : the. train, eh rduta fdf Otnki,. where it. was- to lie .during the after- . 'noon.': and evening, /in;-order.: to'..'allow'; of- the paying: theif-respects td the deceased chief: The, Hon: J. Cartoll accompanied the body to Otaki, and !nav ptobabiv go on to Waiiganui, where aU&Hifitf halt; will be/called. AT OTAKI. ... (FROM .OTJIi. SrECIAIy COIiKESPOIIDENT.) ; . . ' . .. ,I'ebPuary 11. The remains: of the late-Mr. Hone Heke /ar-. rived by ; the 1.17 p.m.' Wain to-day, and wero brtme to .the wharo rUhaaga,. Ijeing l met some distance' down • tlio I'flrtd bj alidllt 250 -Natives and 150 Europeans. .Several salutes were fifed, and the coffin Was: theri l>brno'shdulder , high, to tile incetlng-plaoe, where tho.traditional wailing continued , for - : soine time. Visitors are present frdlli various parts ; of the coast., Up. to the time of Writing everything has passed off quietly. . The remains of. a local -fJtttlve, who died ; last night, .arc also, lying j at tba kblisci '