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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17061, 14 August 1917, Page 4

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tae death of Colonel Henry S!aW V.D., in his seventy-ninth year He came to New Zealand in 1859 and entered the legal profession Se was intimately connected with the volunteer niovemen.. i n \fL jomed the Canterbury Yeomam? o^ 1^ fn di X? Tto C°mmand of SJ Kry Moun'ted'r.iSf' ** Over two thousand' people a+tended the funeral of the late Mr (?. P £ on _ nelly who was laid to rest Leside the remains of his late wife in the Maori burial ground at Om*h u on Sunda^The Hon. Macdonald represented the Gov!< ernment, and the Hobs. Carroll an<J Ngata were also present. Maoris cam 2 from all parts of the Dominion anHt the. conclusion of the mournful cerelZ7 3T hVKe^ S K^auria W?l hana, leatalukia Taranaki, Tena and Tupaea delivered addresses. ' A large number of fellow commercials and other friends of Mr HA leatherstone who has been local manfo gr%b° f the f ? aiaP°! Woollen Company Jor the past two and a half years, met together at Foster's Hotel on Saturday evening to big him farewell on the eve of his departure to join the N.Z. Expeditionary Forces as a lieutenant, Ihe chair was occupied by Mr. Doig bcott, who during the evening present ed the g U .est on behalf of his numerous mends with a wristlet watch suitably msenbed The health of Lieutenant beatherstone was proposed by Mr Doig bcott m an appropriate speech suitable to the occasion. The guest of the evening replied m a few well chosen words, bengs were contributed during the evening by Messrs H. C. Price. B..Hoar, J. R. Foster, H. Featherstone, and recitations by Messrs J. Douglas Scott and Arthur Collins. Mr A. Whiteford presided at the piano in his usual artistic style.