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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 216, 1 November 1888, Page 3

The funeral nf th» late Mr Wil’iam Te»t took • lace yesterday afternoon, the large number of citizens attending bearing test) mony to the respect in which the deceased gentleman was held A short “ervice was conducted prior to the cortege starting for the cemetery, the Sunday children singing the hymn “ When w e meet to part no more ” The service a’ the grave w«s impressively conducted by the Rev J Me Ara. after which a hymn wag sung. The chief mourners were Messrs A. Gr>ham. Besw’ck, Scott, Pollock, F Teat, and W Good. The coffin was covered with wreaths and crosses of flowers made by some of the young 'adies of the deceased gentleman’s class in the Sunday School. An Auckland writer remarks: -When an . announcement is seen in the newspapers that an alarm of fire has been caused bv a chim ney having got alight,'it is invariably followed by a little case in.the Police Court, in which the police authorities prosecute for having a foul chimney, or for some breach of the thousand-andvone by-laws which are enacted for the good government of the citizens of Auckland. Now, a few weeks ago we had a chimney on fire at the Post Office, the firebells were rung, the Fire Brigade turned out at considerable cost to the citizens, and these citizens were awoke out of their sleep ; and vet after all this, wp are not tn have the gratification to see Mr Biss at the Police Court bar 1 Are our lives and our liberties to be at the mercy of a tyrannical Government, which claims to be above all law and order, and to expose the citizens to alarm and danger without any consequence to themselves ? Perish the thought I L«t Justice do her duty. Look at the loss inflicted on the colony by the burning of the Sunnyside Asylum, arising through defective construction. The people of Auckland want to know all about that fire at the Post, Office, and I hope that it will be shown that not even the Government can, in this free country, escape the operation of the law.