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Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14165, 16 August 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

Private J. Berry, who died at Trentham on Friday, was a yell-Known Maxuia settler (says our M.u.rchison correspondent), lie was a fiae stamp of a soldier, and one of the. most powerful men sent from Murehisr.n.

The funeral of the la to Trooper W. Peters, of the Sixth Reinforcements, , •took place at Eiwata on Thursday afternoon (writes our Motueka correspondent), the body being brought by Mr Stent to the top of the Takaka Hills, where it was met by Mv C. J Rtarno* ol Motuoka, ?nd conveyed to hU home. The funeral left iho re^c.wr of Mr Starts pi- I.W p.m., and was followed by the IVr"jtnnals (in <*arge of Sbff-SergoDiif-MmoT Hur:lley), returned soldiers. Cadets, and •lepresentatives of tho iUotueka Kecvnitins Associn+ion. Vim bearers were soldiers on loavo from Trenthrim Camp. "The flrino- p»rtv consisted of local lo*--ritorials 'and Cadets, w\ B"^r «an sounded the La*t Post. Tno service at tho L'iTiVcside wa.s fonnnftott by tho Roys. AY. \V. Froncli Mid J. JNow.lands, of the Prcbljytwian Church. The Funeral of the lato Piivate II Parry took- phioo at tho Nov.- Cemetery. Colliuewood. on Tuesday afternuonvsays tKo '-Time^'), the remains l^ins accorded military lionours Tcrr'+onpls osidoi.s and rohnnod rnldiovs, headed "by Sei^e-int-Major Hmoley, were r>resrnt and the- public also r.ttended m stronu; for™. Mr J. W. Bloyee, mispioner, read the burial service of the <Jhurch of England.