EXTRA EDITION.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 26, 31 July 1911, Page 8

EXTRA EDITION.

THE LATE MR. T, E. TAYLOR *~ — l^+ — funeral witnessed by 50,000 ' PEOPLE. \ IB* ,MtteSAFH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The funeral of the late Mr. Taylor yesterday was remarkable for the demonstration of sympathy and affection. The whole route from the Council Chamber to the cemetery was lined by crowds. In no place were the people lees than two deep, and at particular points they were twenty deep. It is estimated that 50,000 people were in the streets. Ten thousand gathered Outside the cemetery gates, and the crush was. so great that the authorities were compelled to exclude the general public! from the grounds. People drove in from the country in hundreds during the morning, and the trams arriving between 1 and 2 o'clock were crowded to their utmost capacity. There were evidences of deep feeling everywhere. It is doubtful if such another funeral has ever been seen in New Zealand ; certainly it was unparalleled so far as Christchurch is concerned. THE MEMORIAL FUND. ASHBURTON. This Day. An Ashburton _ list in aid of the T. E. Taylor memorial fund was opened* at the Guardian office this morning, and was headed by Mr. Ifugo Friedlander, ■who subscribed fifty guineas.