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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1404, 26 January 1899, Page 17

Writing on the question of flowers at funerals the “ Sydney Daily Telegraph ” says: —We find that sometimes as much as ten guineas is paid for what are called subscription wreaths in Sydney and Melbourne; but it is not often they reach that figure here. Neither is the practice so general hero as it is in Melbourne. Money seems to be spent much more freely in the southern capital in this way than it is here. In this colony the custom has been advancing by leaps and bounds for somo years past, until now it is almost tho principal part of the florists’ business. The number made up each year for some time oast reaches to thousands. During the last four or fivb months, however, there has been a slight falling off in the number. This is attributed to some extent to the edict which was issued by the Bishop of Maitland. The Agent-General, as a member of the committee formed in London for the purpose of promoting an Imperial Grey Memorial, to be erected probably in St. Paul’s Cathedral, has forwarded us a letter expressing the hope that the New Zealand Parliament and public will support the project. The following had, at the date of writing, consented to act on the committee:—Right , Hon Joseph Chamberlain, Right Hon the Earl of Sclborne, Right Hon the Marquis of Ripon, Right Hon the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, Right Hon the Earl of Rosebery, Right Hon Earl Grey, Right Hon Sir John Gorst, the Earl of Onslow, the Earl j of Glasgow, Lord Strathcona and Mount I Royal, Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew • Clarke, Hon Sir David Tennant, Sir Julius Vogel, Sir Edward Stafford, Sir Frederick Abel, Hon Dr Cockburn, Hon Sir Horace Tozer, Sir Walter Peace, Hon W. P. Reeves, Right Hon Earl Carrington, Lord Russell of Killowen. Sir E. Montague Nelson, Sir Robert Herbert, Messrs Sydney Buxton, Philip Mennell, Thomas Mackenzie and C. Freeman Murray. i