CARDINAL MORAN'S FUNERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1211, 21 August 1911, Page 5

CARDINAL MORAN'S FUNERAL.

IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIAL. PROCESSION VIEWED BY 250,000 PERSONS. MANY PUBLIC MEN PRESENT. ~~~~ \ f By TelcsrapU—Press Association—Copyright • (Rec. August 21, 0.55 a.m.) : Sydney, August 20. It is estimated tlrat nearly a quartet of a million people viewed tho Into Car. dinal Moron's luneral proccssion, to-day.

Tho hearso containing tho remains, on leaving St. Mary's Cathedral, proceeded through tho city, via Liverpool,-Elizabeth, and College Streets, and then returned to tho Cathedral, followed by Church dignitaries, clergy, members of Roman Catholic societies and guilds in their ro. galia.

Among those iu tho procession wero representatives of > the New Zealand Hibernian Society, children of tho Catholia schools, tho Irish Rifle Regiment.

Representatives of tho Governor-Gen* oral, the Stato Governor, Mr.. W. M. Hughes (Commonwealth Attorney-Gener-al), representing tho Federal Ministry, and several members of tho Stato Ministry, tho official- heads of (ho Government Departments, and many public men wero present at tho obsequies as a token of respect to tho departed . Cardinal.

An immense' crowd thronged the cathedral.

Archbishop Kelly performed tho last rites as tho coffin' was placed in tho . vault. The sorvico was simple and most solemn and impressive. The choir rendered subdued dirges and i tho cathedral bells wero tolled; The preliminary obsequies, including the Pontifical Requiem High Mass, were very largely attended. Representatives of the Government, the Anglican l'ri- / mate (Dr. Wright), several members of the Ministry, t'lio Lord Mayor, Mr. W. Redmond, M.P., the Irish Nationalist, delegate, and several prelates of the Roman Church participated in tho service, which was most solemn. In tho course of an eulogy of tho Cardinal, Archbishop Kelly asked vvho did not feel his loss. In loving Ireland, liia motherland, and Australia, his adopted country, lie loved every individual citizen. As ft succcssor to Archbishop Vanghan and Cardinal Moran, ho would try 'to obliterate tho impression conveycd in certain publications that Cardinal Mora® had dealt harshly with Archbishop Vaughan's relations in regard to tho latter's interment. Cardinal Moran had informed ium that ho had paid tho full bill of, Archbishop Vauglmn's funeral expenses. Ho advised them to let the matter rest till tho Day, of Judgment. iIESSAGES OF SYMPATHY. Sydney, August 29. Messages' of sympathy' and tributes t« tho late Cardinal Moran lmvo been received from all parts of tho Common* wealth and all classes of tho community, including the Anglican Archbishop (Dr.. Wright). _ ■ ■ Tho impression hero is that if an Australian Cardiualato is to be continued. Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, will euo C eed Cardinal Moran, ho being senior to Archbishop Kelly.