FUNERAL TOMORROW

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 1

FUNERAL TOMORROW

TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FINALISED ORDER OF PROCESSION A military tribute will be included in the ceremony at Bishop Cleary’s graveside tomorrow. His service to his country in the front line during the war will be remembered by the playing of the "Last Post” at the conclusion of the burial service. ARRANGEMENTS for the funeral have now been almost finalised. A committee of laymen, acting in conjunction with the' clergy and traffic department, is ensuring that they will be carried out as smoothly as possible. The funeral will leave St. Patrick's Cathedral at about 11.45 a.m. tomorrow, following the funeral requiem which will commence at 10 a.m. Prom an early hour traffic officers will suspend traffic in the streets which approach the Cathedral, and traffic officers will allow through the cordon only those cars, the occupants of which produce an official pass. These will be given only to those attending the funeral in a strictly representative capacity. Application for passes should be made to Dr. Buxton, Administrator of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Albert Street has been selected as the car parking area for the general public who wish to take part in the procession. ADMISSION BY CARD The Cathedral will be closed to the general public at 9.30 a.m. tomorow, and from that hour admission may be gained only by the presentation of a visiting card by those attending in a representative capacity. For the benefit of those unable to gain admittance amplifiers will be installed at three points in proximity to the Cathedral. The order of the funeral procession will be as follows:—The cross-bearer and acolytes, Boy Scouts. Sacred Heart College boys, Sacred Heart College old boys, Hibernians in regalia, members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, members of the Holy Name Society in regalia, the general body of men of the Catholic laity, cars of the general public, cars of the official representatives, cars of the Religious, cars containing the Archbishop, and bishops, the hearse, flanked by the pallbearers, cars containing the clergy, and cars containing the Marist Brothers. The children of the Catholic schools will be assembled at several points along the route, which will be by way of Hobson Street and Customs Street to Queen Street, thence by way of Karangahape Road, Symonds Street, Khyber Pass Road and Broadway to the Great South Road, and so to Panmure. One group will be assembled in Hobson Street, another in the vicinity of Grafton Bridge, and a third near the intersection of Broadway and Remuera Road. Those marching in the procession will be diverted at Wakefield Street, where buses will be available for their transport to Panmure. Arrangements have also been made for the parking of cars at Panmure, where traffic officers and policemen are on duty. * Dr. Brodie, Bishop of Christchurch, and Dr. Whyte, Bishop of Dunedin, accompanied by a number of priests representing various districts throughout New Zealand, arrived by the Limited last evening. Ordinations at Greenmeadows Seminary will prevent Archbishop Redwood from attending the funeral, but his coadjutor, Archbishop O’Shea, is expected to arrive by motor-car some time today. BROADCAST OF SERVICE Solemn High Mass and a description of proceedings will be relayed from St. Patrick’s Cathedral tomorrow morning from 10 o’clock onward, by Station IYA. The sermon and singing by a choir of priests will also be heard over the air. At the conclusion of Mass the announcer will take up a position outside the building, and will describe the funeral leaving for the Panmure Cemetery.