“TO REST IN QUIET GRAVE”

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 89, 6 July 1927, Page 9

“TO REST IN QUIET GRAVE”

FUNERAL OF FINANCIER SIMPLE INTERMENT By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Monday. The simple interment of James White, the financier, who died by his own hand after a life of chance and adventure, contrasted strangely with his career. He was buried in the tiny cemetery at the Wiltshire village of Wandborough. The coffin was drawn through peaceful country lanes on a wreath-covered farm waggon. Thousands of people had come from the towns and villages around, and from the cities. They followed the coffin in a strangely varied procession—influential men from Yorkshire cities, Londoners, theatrical managers, actors, racing men, and boxers. Four motor-lorries were needed to bear the wreaths. There was a great crowd outside che churchyard. The financier had expressed a wish that he should be buried beneath the window of his room at Foxhill, with lawns and flowers about his grave. The Official Receiver forbade this, because it might affect the residential value of the house. A second suggestion to bury the remains on a near-by hill was vetoed for a similar reason. —l and N.Z.