THE FUNERAL
Remarkable evidence of the deep impression which the tragedy- has created in the minds of the Wellington public was seen when the funeral cortege left the ■ Tarauaki street Mortuary Chapel for the"Karori Cemetery this afternoon. The roadway outside the chapel, the corners of Courtenay place and Tarahaki street, 'an<T the sides of Dixon street were thickly packed with the thousands who had' come to pay their last tribute to the unfortunate men who had lost their lives! A service, was conducted in the mortuary chapel by the Revs. G. T\ Potrio and X. 10. YVinhall, and Missioner James Afooro, and a covlogo of about forty cars tlien left for Hit; cemetery. Among those who atl ended the fuiieral wero representatives of I lie Seamen's Union, I Iks Merchant Service Guild, the Wellington Harbour Board, (he City Council, Holm and Company, owner of the wrecked vessel, and many others.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 103, 4 May 1931, Page 11
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150THE FUNERAL Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 103, 4 May 1931, Page 11
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