LATE MR. A. ALISON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18381, 23 April 1923, Page 8

LATE MR. A. ALISON.

LARGELY-ATTENDED FUNERAI ;•;'--■ •■- ■ ■-•- .•■-•■■. ..' - \ I The funeral of J the late Mr. Alexander Alison, , who died -at ■ Devonport last Thursday, took place /at. O'Neill's Point Cemetery, sTakapuha, on : . Saturday, and the high: esteem in which he was held was shown. by the larg» number who'; '4j|ll| sembled ';. to ; pay: their J last . tribute ■. of A'*j™f|l spect. '■■■'■ ;Tho|chief mourners "were Messrs. E. ft Alison and F. - A.,Alison (sons), Messrs. F. ; f-L'.i Armitage, A. A.. Martin and 0. Prime (sons-in-law); Hon. 'E. <IWw§j Alison, : - M.L.C., . \ and "■■ D. T. Alison I (brothers); E. W. Alison, jun., Ernest \ I . | Alison, A. 1 Alison, J. Alison andl&S|||p Alison i (nephews). On the arrival :of fttie^g ■ cortege at the cemetery, the . casket was borne to. the graveside by six masters of I the ; % steamers -• of , the Devonport . Ferry Company,. of which the late Mr. - Alison ; was -manager ;■ for nearly forty, years, and in which k position "': his'-■; actions were ever marked with a fine spirit of • fairness to those i over, whom . he" exercised ; authority. , The funeral service was conducted by twjsj&|| Rev. A. J. Greenwood, vicar of Holy . Trinity Church, Devonport. The staff. of; the '?: Devonport ; Perry '*;- Company °\ w largely : represented, Mr. F. MortimW..,; . (secretary), , Mr. Albert Dacre . (traffic • manager), and. many- retired captainsl*°Kmfl former .employees,,' of the company I being present. Among other . bodies and institutions ' represented were the Auckland Har- . bour Board>. Hospital t Board, Holy Trinity Church, Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Company, the various shipping and transit companies, . \ and racing, - trotting & *WMm aquatic ; clubs. ...The wreaths numbered over a hundred. - Round the graveside were many who had • known the decisated •|p for a :great number of ; years. including Archdeacon G. Mac Murray, Mr. H. «■ W. King (Mayor of Devonport), Mr. vv. Wallace (chairman of the Auckland- Hospital Board) p and .Messrs.' R. W. Duder, W. F. Stewart, E. M. Coleman and J. ; . . O'NeiL