THE FUNERAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, 10 August 1901, Page 2

THE FUNERAL.

(Per Press Association). PALMERSTON S., August 9.

The train stopped at Shag Point station to enable the Premier and party to call at Heathfield, the residence of the late Sir John MoKenzie. A large number availed themselves of- the opportunity of taking a last look at their old comrade, who was only a shadow of his former self, showing abundant traces of the severity of his last illness. ' . The funeral will be carried out according to Highland custom. The Dunedin and Invercargill Pipe Bands will precede the hearse for a mile from the house, then resume dirges when nearing Palmerston. The cqrtege will, proceed by road for a distance of seven mues.

The members of the Ministry will carry the body from the house to the liearse. and from the hearse to the cemetery. The chief mourners will be John and Duncan McKenzie, sons; M. P. Cameron and E. A. Atkinson.

The coffin was surrounded with beautiful wreaths, these tokens of love and sympathy being sent by the Governor, Lady Ranfurly, the Ministry, the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives, the Speaker and members of the Legislative Council, Mr and Mrs Seddon and f amilr, Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, W. P. Reeves (Agent-General), officers of Parliament, private secretaries to Ministers, Hansard staff, Press gallery, Hon. Thomas Thompson, Justice Williams, Lands Department, officers of the Land and Survey Department, Dunedin, Auckland and Wellington, Otago Land Board, Valuation and Advances to Settlers Departments, Cheviot Settlers' Association, Gaelic Society (inscribed "Le Mor Mhulud," meaning "With deep sorrow"). There are many others from private friends and local bodies in tbo district.

The family received hundreds of telegrams a.nd letters of condolence from all parts of tho colony.