AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1925, Page 8

AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE

'PRECESSION ;TORPTJ,Gg;,THE •.••■••■•■- STBEETS.

<a'~Vva}vxsy [iieVer ,before: ':'li'ii lt&c&-'>aa ■impressive scene^jecn witnessed in ■Wel-s.4ipfiton-a> wa3 the.. obsb',when, the pro-. jL" cession i slowly n:ended.-.its.■.way through itijb^city .streets, 'which-.'Were-hned by ■^largß.humber^^of■;the • public. ■ .Headed , i hytthe :ißoy3 r Institute' Band, M,he ,cor-, •'■•■ tege moved off, from St. Paul's Pro--■Cafchearairin MU]gr3.ye:street;sfc the.con- : elusion 6i the'service/'aid made its way „ -.to the cemetery .at. Karori -via ;MulgraVe ' street, Aitken street, Molesworth street, ■■.' Lambton quay, Willis street, iGhuznee --ii.gtte.6f, Tlie Terrace] 'Mount"street,. Upland 'road, and'KaToii'road.^f'AH' along • *ti}piroute^'large'crowds paidp]their' final tribute of respect to the late-(3.0:C. ' • >' The order.of the,procession was .as follows: — •.;!'.-. .....^ .'■:' '•■ •• ." v

■Boys' Institu&s B&d.{f^{?quadrpnj' 6thfM.B.. r- T f .v..j;. : ''. sth Battery, N.Z..A. . . .'■-, •'•.■■■■■ ' 15th 1 Battery, Tf.Z. A. ' ~~ ':,.: 19t!v-Battery,F:Z.A. ■'''■" . •'rCeirtral Depot Engineera, ; Detachment-N.Z.- C'prp^/of • Signal*.. Ist Battalion, iWellJngtop Regiment-

Ist Battalion,.. H.B. Regiment, Central Depot,.'A'.S.C... • ' - Central Depot, N.Z.M.C. •. '. :

• : Leading - Defachmpntj; B.N.Z. A. ..;- ; ■ Artillery'Band^ > '.- .; ■'■.'■■ ' ; ' Gun-carriage and pall-bearers. \>. '-. Bearers, (warrant. officersj N.Z. Per. ■.'-•■ manentiTTorces)." '". •■ . Charger. ■. , . . :

inournera (in cars).- '."..' Two lorries bearing floral tributes. Naval and' military officers (on. foot) •'■'y :" ; "in order of'seniority,-junid'rs lead-' i'^;"'-'iinß-".";*':':" ■■■'■"-': ''s";;'; ':'■,",'' f'.^;; ;," Ministers; of the Crown. ' ,

RepVesontatives, N.Z. Rifle, Brigade ... : (on foot). '. ;:■ .-,'.'■ . . . Returned soldiers ,(on.foqt). ■ ■ Other, mourners .(on foot). •■ ; ■ . "Other-mourners (in cars).': ■ . ' ' Cadet^'^'^repously'. lihmg ''tlie,.route: '' • All units, with the exception of:thbse at present in jcam'p at Trenthani, 'paraded at the Railway yards at Bunny street, at' &. 15, and moved off shortly before 10 o'clock for the'Pro-Cathedi'al. In-'.the meantime members of '.cadet corps had Hned.the streets.inthe, immediate vicinity of the cathedral.- Armed units ■-carried their' rifles at the" reverse, 'and . their," sl6w-' : 'arid;"mea'sured. .march through the, streets created a lasting impression ■■ After, the ., Territoria*! '.'-units, which headed the procession; came the leading, detachment .of "picked 'men, - and immediately in. front of the giiri carrir age, which was" draped with, the .Union Jackjian&tbore the hat and sword of thedeceased Lsoldier, was „ the... Artillery. Band, which ;at:; intervals played appropriate marches. . Immediately following the guh-carriagb., were the. pall-bearers— members'' of'the : NeW Zealand/ Staff—and the- bearers (a."detachment" of -warrant officers and. non-commissioned officers of the' Ne.T7Zealand Permaneni Forces): The ■riderless charger of the late-G.'0.C.,. led by jo. non-commissioned'officer, was. next, and formed what; was one of-the most pathetic features" of-the prbcession. It almost.appeared-as., if' the horse:' knew that»'.it. was-, making":its■ -final journey .with,its master." 'FaEiily mourners, naval .- and military officers (i>n: ,foot)," and ■Ministers ofi the'.Orown,followed.. Then • camemembers of the New Zealand Itifle Brigade's, Association, in Which body the late General 'Melvill, had a special'ih-. :terest. - A large body of "returned soldiers, headed'by their president (Colonel G. T. Hall, : came"; next, and included .•in.' their number were. Mr. G. Mitchell, Mr. WJ. Perry, and the secretary (Major J T.; Watson). 'iThen 1. came'other mourners, on foot and in, cars," and. final-, ,]y the cadets', who had 'fallen' in at the rear after .the procession had passed by. r . : In--'Willis 'street the procession; took, half an hour to pass a given point.