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(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 7. The Wellington V.M.C.A. to-day received intimation from Mrs W. E. Williams that she had resolved to offer, as a site for the Association's proposed building, a piece of land in Willis street, with a frontage of 84ft and a depth of 140 ft. The land is valued with buildings now on it, at .£2BOO. .
NAPIER, Sept. 7. The funeral of the late Dean Hovell took place this afternoon. The various places of business and the hotels were closed, the Supreme Court sittings were adjourned to permit the Chief Justic and others to attend, while the Borough Council, Education Board, and other public bodies attended in full "lorce. The Dean having" been chaplain of the East" Coast Battalion^, and.; of the Mar sonic Lodge, the. funeril was. both of a military and Masonic character. The funeral cortege was the largest ever seen in Napier, and a very large crowd of town and country people who were prestnt to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased clergyman showed how deeply he had endeared himself to the people of all shades of religious opinion. Messages of sympathy were sent from all parts of the colony, including one from the Premier.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8086, 8 September 1905, Page 2
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