LAID AT REST

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17410, 7 November 1930, Page 6

LAID AT REST

LADY CARROLL’S BURIAL BISHOP BENNETT’S ADDRESS “A VERY NOBLE LADY” The last stages of the burial of the late Lady Carroll at the private burial ground at Makaraka yesterday afternoon were carried out with reverence, despite the pelting rain which began to fall just prior to the commencement of the Bishop of Aotearoa’s address at the graveside. There were hundreds of pakehas who braved the rain and stood undismayed, coatless and liatless, while the lemains of the deceased were given their final blessing of love from the assembled natives. Referring to the deceased Heni Materoa as one who could be described, and had been so described, as a queen of her race, Bishop Bennett declared that she had established herself as queen of the hearts of her compatriots, and had held up an example of faithful performance of duty that was well worthy of royalty. Actuated by the highest ideals in all her many interests, the deceased had practised the principles of Christianity throughout her life, and had especially nurtured the interests of children.

“We are" met together,” said Bishop Bennett, “to place in their last resting place the mortal remains of one who was referred to by Bishop Williams the other day as a very noble lady. She was. a noble lady in every sense of the word, and her natural nobility and loftiness of character were enhanced by the Christian principles which she carried into her daily life. Of Lady Carroll it has been said that she was the queen of the Maori race, and she has lived for many years as queen in the hearts of the Maori people throughout, the length and breadth of the Dominion. by her benefactions, her generosity, and her interest in all things which had for their object the welfare and betterment of her race.

“You people of Turanga know better than I her many generous and kindly deeds, and to-day there are many memorials which bear evidence of her generosity.” The district, said Bishop Bennett, had a children’s homo which was known as the Heni Materoa Home, and the Kahutia Bowling! Club was a memorial to Lady Carroll's interest in sport; all these were landmarks. From a religious point of view, Lady Carroll would long l)e remembered. She was the mother of Te Ran College, and had taken a keen interest in the work of the church throughout.