IMPRESSIVE SCENES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 9 March 1933, Page 8

IMPRESSIVE SCENES

ARCHBISHOP WRIGHT’S FUNERAL. STRIKING PANEGYRIC. Sydney, March 8. The funeral of Archbishop Wright to-day was attended by a large and representative assemblage of people both in the Cathedral and at the graveside at South Head Cemetery. The cathedral was full to overflowing, thousands thronging the adjacent streets. The service was most impressive. Among those present were: the State Governor, a representative of the Federal Government, members of the State Government and leading official professional and commercial circles, while High Church dignitaries,from other States participated. The service was simple but impressive beyond expression. The address in the cathedral was given by Archbishop Sharp, of Brisbane, who delivered a striking panegyric on the dead prelate as a churchman, as a friend and as a man.

Seldom has a more impressive scene been witnessed than that presented in the city streets through which the long procession wound its way to South Head. The footpaths were lined for several miles by thousands of bareheaded men, while women in many cases sobbed as tho hearse passed, followed by several floats bearing a wealth of floral tributes. The final service at the graveside was conducted by the Dean of Sydney and Coadjutor Bishop Kirkby.