DR. HENRY'S FUNERAL.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 85, 11 April 1894, Page 3

DR. HENRY'S FUNERAL.

The funeral of Dr. Henry took place thii morning, tho procession going from his lat< residouco in Johnston-streot to the Bolton Btreot ontranoo to the Cemetery. A lar_< ooncoairso of people had assembled in thi Btroet, »nd tho f unoral was a long one. Firsi camp a firing party of the Pormanoni Artillery, under Major Messenger, and the Uivrriaon Band ; a gun carriage bearing the coffin, upon whioh beautiful wreatba were piled high, tho Union Jack covoring all, containing tho pall-bearers— Mr. m'u Gl Ma o arth y» Mr. W. U. Jackson, Mr. ItTm 11 "" 1 ' tho Hon ' B - Richardson, M.L.C., Mr. J. H. Richardson, Mr. D. M Lnckie-followed, aa well as a carriage in which werotho lion. Sir Patriok Buckley, aa representing tho GovornYnont, Lieut.-Colonel Hume, and others. Then camo a detachment of tho Guarda and Artillery, tho Torpedo Corpa, and Liout.-Colonel Newall and the ofneora of tho garrison. Carriages with various porsonal frionds and momboruof the medical profoasion were next iivory ono of the looal dootors who «ould attend was presont, including tho Hon J)r. Grace, M.L.C., and Sir James Heotor! With them also was Captain A. C. Turner tho only ono of deceased's brother officers t>f tho First Waikato Regiment, and the vvaißato aJ jd Tauranga campaigns, present. Jlne Wl]o i 0 Btoff of the Government Insurance tfopartment, headed by the Commiaaioner nnd Deputy - Commissioner— Meaara. J. H. Kiobardaon andD. M. Luokio— attended, the offices having boon been shut iv honour of tho deud Chief Medical Officer. A represontativo gathering of citizens of every shade of opinion and evory orcod walked after— heads of Governmont dei-.rtmenta, old comrades of tho West Coast, lawyorp, membotß of various bodies and sooietica, 'merchants, men who had been brought in con- ' tact with tho man thoy mournod during his • useful life. Mr. M'Grath, acting-American XonßnlX onBnl WBB tuoro as "representing Dr. Canui, and thero wero many othors. Closing the procession camp the boys of tho Wellington College, marching in ordorly and impoeincr array headed by their Principal, Air. * irth, and tho other members of tho teaching staff All tho way to tho oemeierv tho Band playod mournful music. The gates roaohocl, the military opened ont, and tho heavy ooffln was carried on tho shoulders of • atalwarttfrtillerymen into tho littlo church, where' tha Kov. Mr. Sprott began tho f unoral sorvtoo. Stillness roigned within the " P"'"?' 11 * 8 tho - artillorymon stood at easo beSWe thc;r late burthen, a stillness brokon \Z ? J f tlus Voice oi the clergyman, yrut without was the busy bum ot Ltd tho dead man had bo lately left— the trampling of tho feot of many hundreds, ami the murmur of voices lrom overy tjoign of vantage in the oity of the dead. From the ohuroh the coffin was carried up tho hill to whero on a knoll tho grave of Mrs. Henry lay, surrounded by manuka and other native scrub, while, as it emblematic of the country, the foreign euoalyptua and pinos towered above tho native growth, and the young gums could bo soon thrusting their oeads through tho koromiko. it was a iHoturesquo and a beautiful spot, with j(?lnnpsoH of tho harbour visible through the foliage. Tho path up was narrow and tortunua, aid triod severely thoao who boro tho coffin. At tho grave tno clergyman concluded tho servioo, and as the ring of tho tailing earth on the coffin was heard, tho bared heads of old comrades looking out from tho manuka on tho hillside wore bowed in grief. Thon from tho depth of the ecrub above tho igrave could be heard the voice of Major Mesaongor giving the order to tho firing .party, and the three sharp volleys rang out, whioh signified that a soldier had gone to Tiw rost. At tho. end, as in the beginning of 'his manhood, the dead surgeon was nndor ■lire. Then tho throng filed out of the cemetery, threading its way among tho graves, ■and leaving Dr. Henry resting with the 'mother ot his ohiUlron. Tho wreaths woro many and beautiful. lno largest of thorn oame from tho " old cursors" of tho West Coast, and with it was "Un address of sympathy to the orphaned family, which, handsomely engrossed, read as follows: — . "To tho Family of tho late Dr. Joseph Henry.— The undersigned, frionds of your lato lamented father from tho Wost Coast, who for over a quarter of a century have enjoyed his friendship, rospootfully offer you our Bincorest sympathy and condolonco in your sad boroavoment, occasioned by tho lose of a tender father, whom wo have known and respected aa a good man and a gonorous friend for ao long a time. - Signed by T. G. Maoarthy, Thos. Dwan, W. G. Jaokaon, Eobt. Hannah, F. Franklyn, C. A. Deacon, W. M'Loan, S. Gilmor, F. M'Parland, E. J. O'Conor, W. C Gasquoine, W. Findlay, Jas. M Dowell, Jas. Edwards, Owen M'Ardlo, J. J. Dudgeon, Martin Kennody, H. Gilmer, and several othors." Amongst tho other old friends who «ent wreaths wore— Sir P. A. and Lady Bnokley, tho staff and boys of tho Wellington Collego, pnpils of the Girls' High School, tho officers of tho Government Life Aaaur•unoo Department, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. M'Gowan, Miss Harding, Mrs. and Miss Kirk, Miss King, Misses M'GowaD, Mr. and Mm. Castendyk, Mrs. Levin, Mr. and Mrs. Tolhurst, Dr. King* Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Firth, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. A. Stenson. As there are no niale relatives of deceased in Wellington, Mr. T. G. Maoarthy took ■charge of all the arrangements from the time of the death, and ho has been assisted by other West Coast frionds, and by Dr. King ■and the -members of the, medical profession.