RETURNED TROOPERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12044, 14 August 1902, Page 5

RETURNED TROOPERS.

TWO MORE DEATHS. V | [BY TELEQBArH.~piiES3;ASSqCUTION.] ". '':': ;,'[ ;> Wellington, Wednesday. Two more deaths, of Britannio troopers occurred to-day, namely, H. /O. Ryan, of Hakaru, Auckland, and A. E. Brown, of; Brooklyn, Wellington. Both, belonged to the Eighth ; Contingent. ■ '..'. . /./;,, [BY telegraph.—special CORRESPONDENT.] ;. ■■:•;-;.;•■ Wellington, Wednesday. Trooper A. Tonks, of Waimamaku, Hokianga, who returned by the ! Britannic, =is dangerously ill at the Wellington Hospital. AH the other invalids who came by the same vessel are .progressing, satisfactorily. -» Mr. Witheford intends to ask the Govern-' ment whether, to settle any doubts that may exist as to the nature of the disease Lieutenant Calloway is suffering from, they will obtain the services of Dr. Bakcwell, of Auckland, to: report on the matter

TROOPSHIPS' INQUIRY. '; [BY telegraph.— ASSOCIATION.] , ~ Wellington, Wednesday. The Commission set up to t inquire into the complaints made concerning the conditions, oh board the troopship '; Britannic began its sittings to-day. The Commission sat in private for the purpose, it was explained, of settling preliminaries.

TROOPER LORANGE'S'. FUNERAL. ' The funeral of the late Trooper Wm. Lorange, a member of the Eighth Contingent, who died at the . quarantine r station, Somes' Island, Wellington, of pneumonia, took ; place yesterday ; afternoon, when the remains were laid to rest in the ?Purewa Cemotery with military honours. The cortege formed up at the residence of the deceased's ;,. parents, Spring-street, Ponsonby, and the casket was carried from the house by six of the comrades of the late trooper, and placed on the gun —under a detachment from the "A" Battery Artillery— where it was covered with the Union Jack. Tho procession then moved off in measured strides to the mournful strains of "The Final Halt"; (" Garden oi Flowers") played by the Garrison Band, under Bandmaster Lieutenant Hunter. The firing party; consisting of members of the Gordon Rifles, to which company deceased belonged prior to his departure for South .Africa, headed the cortege, with arms reversed, and immediately ; behind came the Garrison . Band, followed by the gun carriage ,; bearing the casket. Then came the carriages containing the principal mourners, followed by between 40 and 50 returned troopers, mostly of the Eighth Contingent, V volunteers ; : : representing ; the various arms of the Auckland Garrison, and lastly carriages containing others who had attended to pay the last mark of respect. Major Pirie represented . tho district staff, Lieutenant-Commander Little ~ the unattached reserve forces, and other officers present were Captain Knight (commanding the .Gordon Rifles), Lieutenants Parker (Eighth Contingent) and Kay. The route was up Franklin Road and through Ponsonby arid ; Karangahape Roads to' Symonds-street, where vehicles were in , waiting for those afoot, thence on to the Purewa cemetery. The burial service at the , graveside was conducted by Archdeacon Calder, of All Saints', senior chaplain of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, and the usual three volleys were fired ovei the grave by the firing party from the Gordon Rifles. "A large number -.of ', wreaths were placed on the coffin, including two from members of the Eighth Contingent (with regimental colours attached), and one from the Gordon Rifles. The late Trooper H. W. Craig, of the Eighth Contingent, will be buried with military honours to-day, the funeral being timed to leave the residence of deceased's parents, Pompallier Terrace, Ponsonby, at two p.m. The Garrison Band will be in attendance. The body of the late Trooper O'Neill was taken on to' Bombay yesterday and will be buried there. ___-_—. "