FUNERALS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7229, 1 May 1884, Page 4

FUNERALS.

The Late H. J. Taxcked. The respect in which the late Mr Henry John Tancred was held was abundantly testified by the large numbei of persons who yesterday followed his body to the grave. The funeral cortege left Mr Tancred's late residence, in Antigua street, at a quarter past two in the afternoon. The hearse was followed by some 24 carriages, after which came a number of the pupils of Christ's College, 0:1 foot. As the procession passed through the streets to the Church of England cemetery, the bells of the Cathedral and St Michael's Church were tolled, and flags, hoisted half-mast high, were displayed from several of the buildings. On arriving at the cemetery gates the corpse was met by the Most Kev the Primate, the Yery Eev the Dean, the Venerable Archdeacon Dudley, the Kev Canon Stanford, tho Eevs V»". Harper and W. H. Elton, together with the Cathedral choir. The professors and students of Canterbury College, in their academic costume, and the members of the Cathedral Union, also attended at the cemetery to receive the cortege. The coffin, which was covered with a purple pall, bearing a white cross, and upon which were placed several beautiful wreaths of white flowers, was removed from the hearse and borne to the mortuary chapel, the following gentlemen acting as pall bearers: j Hon H. B. Gresson, Mr C. C. Bowen, Hon J. B. A. Acland, Hon E. C. J. Stevens, his Honor Mr Justice Johnston, Messrs E. J. S. Harmon, G. L. Lee, and L. Harper. The first part of the burial service was performed in the chapel, the service used being Goss' choral, and the choir sang the well-known hymn "Days and moments swiftly flying." The grave was dug near the eastern end of the chapel, almost opposite the chancel window. Here the Most Kev the Primate read the concluding portion of the service, and the hymn " Just as I am" was sung by the choir. The interment was witnessed by a large number of persons, among those who attended being several of ths clergy and of the lay members of the Diocesan Synod, the members of the Eoard of Governors of Canterbury College, and of the Christchurch City Council, besides many of the principal residents of the Province. As the deceased gentleman was a member of the Cathedral Chapter, the Cathedral was yesterday draped in the mourning customary on the death of a member of that body. The Late John Carter. Yesterday the late Mr John Carter, of Grove Farm, Tinwald, was buried in the Ashburton new. cemetery. The funeral procession was the largest that has ever moved through Ashburton streets, and comprised vehicles containing members of most of the families in the County. There wew between thirty and forty conveyances, besides

r n f hor«orm>n. The funeral serTU r ibvMr J Ward. l.iy reader, m tho * SM Jhi-irv chapel, which has boon only • Z ,'oS" ; t'd, and was used yesterday for f,,;, first time.