THE LATE MR. JOHN JACK.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1909, Page 7

THE LATE MR. JOHN JACK.

CREMATION AT KaRORI. The funeral of Mr. John Jack took place at Karori to ; day, and was very largely attended. In accordance with Scottish custom, tho first part of the ceremony took place at the hou&e where deceased had resided, and was conducted by Rev. J. Kennedy Elliott. The body was then conveyed from the house to Karori, and among those who followed it were the sons of deceased, Messrs. J. W. and J. IT. H. Jack (as chief mourners) and Messrs. D., N., and K. Jack (grandsons), Messrs. D. F. Laing (Napier), a -relative ; D. Evans (Sydney), W. M. Hannay, C. A. Redgrave, J. A. Th<%,son, A. A. Corrigan, J. Russell, W. J£. Bethune, A. Wright, J. Holz, W. G. Rutherford. J. W. Turnbull, C. E. Adams, H. Bryden, J. J. Mallard, J. J. Reich, J. Newton, W. Beauchamp-Platts, A. I. Little, John D. Henry, T. W. Young, A. Young, T. Young, G. Wilson, W. Ferguson, J. M'Glashan, J. Burns, J. D. M. Georgeson, C. H. Pierard, O. M. Georgeson, R. /Blackwood,' J. Jamieson, Rev. J. R. Glasson, Drs. Elliott, Herbert, D. Young, and Captain Barclay. The mourners represented the Pf arbour Board and other bodies with which the deceased was -more' or less associated. The body was taken to the crematorium, and it was the first to be there incinerated. The Rev. J. K. Elliott, when the coffin was before the doors of the chamber, said : "We now commit the body to the flames — the symbol of purification and ardour, and of the in effable God, for our God is a consuming fire. Dust io dust, ashes to ashes." At that moment the coffin was automatically drawn in between two doors and disappea.red from view. The mourners then left the chapel. Cremation was the method by which the late Mr. Jack wished his remains to be disposed of, and his wish was accordingly fulfilled by his sons. The ashes will be forwarded to Dundee for interment 111 Ihe family grave in that city. The late Mr. Jack was, in his earlier days in Scotland, an enthusiastic volunteer. He was a captain in 'the First/ Forfarshire Rifles, and was also adjutant of the district He attended the first Royal review of the volunteers in Edinburgh in 1860, and was included in the party of officers invited to London, by the late Queen Victoria. He was an elder of tye Church of Scotland, and during his long residence in Wellington he was associated with St. ,Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Mr. Jack was an able musician, and for many years he was a member of St. Andrew's choir.