LONG PROCESSION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27573, 15 December 1950, Page 8

LONG PROCESSION

Funeral Arrangements PA WELLINGTON, Dec. 14. On leaving St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Upper Willis street after the service tomorrow, the procession will be led by a composite pipe band representing the pipe bands of Wellington and the Hutt Valley. It will be followed by the Wellington WaterEiders’ Senior Silver Band, and these two bands will play alternately-from the church to the Cenotaph, where the procession will turn out of the city towards Karori • Cemetery. The casket will be followed by a walking party comprising the pallbearers in this order: Mr Fraser’s close associates and then, on one side, the present Ministers, led by the Prime Minister, Mr Holland, and on the other members of the former Labour Ministry, led by Mr Walter Nash. Then will come the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament, Mr M. H. Oram and Mr T. O. Bishop. The leading car will be that of the Governor-General. Sir Bernard Freyberg, who will attend the graveside service. He will be followed by the procession of official cars, numbering about 150. Immediately following the official cars will come the walking procession, which will be marsnaded in Upper Willis street and which will include representatives of the main trade unions and of other groups which wish to participate. The marchers will follow the official cars as far as the Cenotaph, where they and the bands will wheel out of the procession