THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN M'KENZIE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2474, 14 August 1901, Page 26

THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN M'KENZIE.

A HIGHLAND FUNERAL. MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE. EULOGIUMS IN PARLIAMENT. A large number of the friends of the Ist* Hon. Sir John M'Kenzie having expressed a strong desire that the Chief of the Gaelic Society ehould be accorded a Highland funeral, the family willingly agreed to the proposal, feeling assured that nothing could be more in accord with the wish of the deceased gentleman had be been consulted on the point during his lifetime. Sir John M'Kenzie was passionately fond of the music of the bagpipes and the Highland funeral was therefore a most appropriate ceremony in this case from every point of view. Messages of condolence and sympathy have been sent to Lady M'Kenzie and family fiom every part of the colony. The chieftains and officers of the Gaelic Society despatched a telegram m Wednesday morning conveying their condolence with Lady M'Kenzie and family. Dr Gordon Maedonald, president .of the Caledonian Society, aent the following message: — " The^ office-bearers and members of the Caledonian Society beg to offer you- and the members of your family their heartfelt sympathy in your sad bereavement, and they mourn the loss of Sir John as a shining example of the best type of the ' Brother Scot.' " Captain A. Stoneham, of the 'Dunedin Highland Rifles, sent the following telegram last evening: — "On behalf of officers and members Dunedin Highland Rifles 1 beg to tender sincere smypathies in the loss you and family have sustained by the death of Sir John M'Kenzie." Mr George Roberts, vice-president of the Otago A. and P. Society, telegraphed as follows: — "My committee desire to express their deepest sympathy with „ you and your family in your sad bereavement." At last week's meeting of the City Council it was decided to send a letter of sympathy to Lady M'Kenzie in connection with the late Sir John M'Kenzie. His Worship the Mayor stated that he had already written in his own name and that of his fellow citizens conveying 'their condolences to Lady M'Kenzie and the members of the family. At Wednesday's meeting of the Worker's Political Committee it' was resolved, in passing a resolution of condolence with Lady M'Kenzie and the family of the late Minister of Lands, to place on record the committee's great appreciation of his services to the colony. At the monthly meeting of the Wellington Gaelic Society the following resolution was carried: — "That the members of the Gaelic Society in Wellington wish to express their profound sorrow at the aad news of the death of Sir John M'Kenzie, and that Ihe hearts of all present go out in warm ; sympathy to Professor M'Kenzie at his loss of so noble a brother." It was unanimouely '■ agreed to telegraph the • sympathy of the society to Lady M'Kenzie.