THE LATE MR. W. M. HANNAY

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 156, 28 March 1922, Page 5

THE LATE MR. W. M. HANNAY

—.-Hf ■ an impressive funeral. Tho reninins of th© lute Mi. Hannay were laid afternoon among the wdtows in i to Svdnev Street Cemetery, nheie aio buried so many men and women vh have helped to make We it is to-day. The general esteem ana affection (in which Mr. held was shown by the very• laigeand representative attendance at the Wft i’ one of the largest witnessed in Wei lington since the funeral of toe litelong friend, the late Hon J. G W. Aitken. Before the cortege left H Wollington Terrace residence, a brief service was conducted there by the Rev. Hr. J. Kennedy Elliott, assisted by the Rev. J. Baird, both of tho Kent crrece Presbyterian Churoli. the clnei mourners were Messrs. A. ami Jx. • Haimay (sons of the deceased), and Messrs. F. Widdop, J. S. Macarthur, and Dr. Forrest (sons-in-law). Officers of tho Kent 'terracel Presbyterian Church acted as pall-bearers. Among the many present woie bir John Luke, M.P., Mr. T. Forsyth (representing the City Council), the Revs. Dr. J. K. Elliott, J. Board, J. MoGaw, Dr. Gibb, W. Conine, A. K, S. Stowell, W. Day, R. IL Catheiwood, R. Inglis, W. Sinter, S. Kobertson Orr. J. 11. McKenzie, and B. Hutson, Messrs. George Wilson, J. I. well, J. Marchbanks, W llelyer, J. A., C„ and It. Plimmer, W. Bethune, E. G. Pilcher. W. Hopkirk, A. E. Whyte, 8 Dix, G. Winder, 11. D. Vickery, Alex, and-James Smith, H, W Aersley, H A. Gold, R. C. Jones ipf Turnbull e.n’d Jones. Dunedin, of which company Mr. Hanuay was managing director), W. Watson, R. Smith, A. Veitch, E. J. 1 . Hollands, G. Leslie, W. Jack, C Finch, W. F. Cuthbertson, Drs. McDonald Wilson of the Wellington Hasl>ital), Elliott, and Young. , The love and i-espect in which the deccaficd was held was nißnifesTed. in nwealth of beautiful floral tributes, winch filled a large motor-car. and were piled high on the coffin, many of them being offerings from the many companies and inmitutions Mr. Hannay had been connected with. There wore also present a roprefeentatiou from tlie Presbyterian Orphanage at Berhampore (of which the deceased was treasurer), and of Scots College, another institution ho was actively concerned in. . - II: has not vet been mentioned (hat the late Mr. Hammy for many years did good work on ths Wellington Presbytery, and in General Assembly was conctxled to be a sound committee worker. He was, up to the tamo of h's death, chairman of the Church Property Trustees (under General Assembly),