LATE MRS. McCOMBS
IMPRESSIVE TRIBUTES CROWDS LINE THE ROUTE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH. Sunday Citizens of all ra'nks joined in pairing tribute to the memory of Mrs. E. R. McCombs, M.P., whose funeral took place this afternoon. From 11 o'clock in the morning the body lay in state in the council chambers, and from then until the casket left for the Waimairi Cemetery hundreds of men and women filed through the doors of the building to pay their respects, while thousands lined the route along which the funeral procession passed in the afternoon. The Government was represented by the Minister of -Public Works, the Hon. J. Bitchener, and there were also present the Mayor, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, M.P., and members of the City Council, members of Parliament of both parties, representatives of trade unions, the Labour Party, local bodies, and many other organisations with which MrsMcCombs' work had brought her into contact.
An impressive tribute was paid by the workers of the city. Some 300 members of trade unions headed the funeral procession from the council chambers to the boundary of the city, while employees of the Tramway Board, of whicit Mrs. McCombs was a member, formed an escort.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22131, 10 June 1935, Page 10
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