THE LATE SERGEANT WARRING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12900, 10 February 1906, Page 6

THE LATE SERGEANT WARRING.

n'";< \l, f,;' MILITARY- - Accordiiig" to a : C us tain; a police officer dying; while '-beißj* a'WJmter■of the force, is. military &■ mi". Sfary Hiiiferal -was, therefore, accorded Qof ±l&'-oai&).S£rr' geant Warring The rarity of the ceremony nffis to some extent, large of the procession down Xorth Street, and the the procession; but the effect upon the mlisfei have add lemnityfband importaiiep to It was'iitting that this donej§i§ someJway, to mark the publiSfflasei of speci: a:.d regard for a public officer oi| "svhoni no one had. a word lo say* that was not of; respect as a man, of appreciation, as an officer, of kindness as a neighbour'or'iik -acquaintance. The members -ofclthe' police force ;are sincerely sorry-to lose, hfm from among them, and any of the men Wlro'have J served "under him in this .'district- cjvould have felt it a hardship if circumstances had prevented them from taking [part in=. the last tribute to his memory., There was, therefore, a full muster" of the Sonfli Canterbury police, seventeen men and Sergeant Johnston (temporarily in charge Here) in ■JinifoEm,; j and other; districts were represented by sergeants and constables in plain, clothes, namely, Sergeants' McClelland-^ Inspect Gilliis), .Fouhy (Ash-, burton), gnd King . (Oamaru); Constables, Oarkson., (Kaikounii), and HilliarS (Pal-.' sne^^^guffly.^'^eteeSve.. Fi&gSrald' and: •ek-Constables ~ • Bbnogbue, pr<es<ixit v>| deceased; Tvas -a member of' St. John. MaSbnic' ifodge, andjbetween thirty and forty of the bfethTen'formed paj-fe -of the cortege. An, order for the and to attend, brought,-the., Band- and representatives of eftra muster of the' uT'l a handsome one of polished kauri, -was borne to"™fh~e^eSetifyj"covered with. a. Union Jack, on a. gun carriage, MOTntedVConstable 3?ours||ffl{| aSntl from th& street~an3 again "at fhe 'cemetery. <A- .firing party of the Port th« cortege, -^^^4§&J|Bies Baud paying the '{Dead^^^^i.'S^ ■came - the coffin, followed ||||®||o£ tli«t Matsotns, M a "Councillors, (§ .«&ther citizens. Thej Cadets ci'ine ngjgj; an<? '&en "tie <rf,f adult and ?;®a^^^®S^®lbeing in. command o£. the| Volunteers. ; a dozen vehicles brought up fglLpf wreaths. iiess tfe'procession, |and many it to --other large assemblage awaiting the arrrftS of the funeral party.; Thfe fA«^ea£<p and at the graven rar 4t tie ' latter, the • , MBrrng' sgftfrtf?) "The. Lastseßart;*! && filed j>ast the grave and dropped upon lie coffin green sprays according to °thbu ,L UM niinat?n^'"fln--;'iTOpr«»B-< e ceremony. Thb Ts^^a,ths . inclnded, _besides some * n^^OTials^ f vsgtftiC -~k