Show 4 1 I A MAORI FUN FUNERAL RAL The funeral which took look place Cot fou our days after the lie home coming was wa pre pre- tl th tho ceded by the Maoris Maori's well faix-well to ceremony corm cere late premier premier premier-an an Impressive mony says the London Times A gorgeous gor Jor- dawn of or red an and gold showe above n o e the tho eastern mountains as th the Ii advance guard o of the tho Maori procession sic sion sIon n men worn women en a and ii ci cli children I Id ron ron- in iii a straggling column toward tow tow- ard arti parliament buildings where th tho body la lay in state stale Inside Inslee for the tho ne nex t thour hour and a half the scene was on ono the few Europeans Europeans Europeans Eu Eu- never to be forgotten by y ne el who witnessed e It I The Ion lobb lobby was hued filled on either sl side e with will tributes from flom all parts o of New Nev Zealand foral and amid from flom over the seas sens A Athe Athe At Atthe the far end cud ant was the coffin coUn with wih Mr Mi sons standing Se Seddon's ons three Ulee young beside it It I. I It I was draped with Meet Maor florl mats and anti some of or tho the ancient tone weapons and a n talaha or chiefs chief's staff staf was placed place beside It h gifts It-gifts gifts from lom the thim chiefs In Iii honor of or th the dead dealt Presently Presently Pres Pros walling wailing of a woman's womans womans woman's womans woman's wo wo- the plaintive ont mans man's voice plaint c was uvas heard from rom tho far fam end of the lobb lobby and all the thc Maori Maoni aorl tribes tribes- people begun began their advance all anco toward tho the coma coffin There were in nil all ni between an am and taking sizing tal part in Iii the lie ceremony The Tho women some seine fifty In number formed the advance guard of the lie bringing of the tears They hc had th the lie blue tattooed tat tat- toned lips and chins chimia that many maty mary still nationality prize iniZe as a badge o of their heir Their dresses w were r of black and jails Jade eardrops and amid sharks sharks' s' s teeth leeth were hung from from ear and amid neck by y black ck 11 ribbons ribbons In ml their hands s they carried small smal green leaves leave and anti twigs twigs the twig the the Maori emblem of mourning The he lion lon Mi- Mi 11 Carroll the half caste minister for Cor or Crol native affairs briefly addre addressed l tho the people It is is perhaps impossible to adequate translation of the give any an poetic ind n idiomatic Maori Mauri in fir which the lie address was written but the following fol fol- lowing passages from the tIme translation b by 1 g Hoke and members pf pC the lie New Zealand legislature at least east con e convey some Idea lea of ot It Remain 0 O Mothel with wih thy chiron chill chil- chi chi- Iron ron and thy children's childrens c children Tarry Tar lar ar ry ye yc e awhile In Iii the house of mourning 1 In 0 the chamber of n f death cath Clasp but the ho cold colel form Corm fIr tf him bins who was wn to thee hoe husband beloved e ne Rest t O a 1 The he tri tribes c have ha e Dissembled to mourn their loss Aue Iho c canoe noe is i cast enst from ls its moorings its is energy and amid guide no iio more mor The TIme Is hued ed-hued bird ir the lie Kaka l' the or ornament or- or of the proud boast af of To the lie mighty heart of if the he lan land the moving of or the people faro people fare thee the wel well a n lon long fare are are- yell Pass on 01 0 O noble one ono across the lie long san sands s of beyond the lie barrier of or Paerau going before to o 0 join the Illustrious dead C ll Woe oe unto is us that are arc left ler desolate in the valley vale jf or soi sorrow orrow row Sleep thou b O Father testing on rent reat deeds done sure that to gen gemi- generations gen gen- rations un unborn li they the will wl be bt a an brawns h hen bra n- n ens along the lie highways s of ot history Though thou art gone gont may thy spirit pinIt which so long moved d lie tho heart of Inspire u us to greater nobler tl ls So uSo bide ye In Jn your our grief glie bereaved ines ons Though small our tributes our carts have o spoken Our 01 feet have havo trod tod Oti tile the sacred products of or the court- court I yurl imil of death Our OUI h hearts rt wi willbe be his rave Love Luve will 1 keep keup hi hl hut memory j Tien r e ten omi through tho time long bug weary years can 1 lei ei ra tn reel Farewell I I After tho a chief after chief 1 0 I. I I t I tI I arose to deliver his 01 ov or salute to the he spirit of o the tho departed prem premier ler and anti tribe tribe after tribe trib burst forth Oth In wU wild and amid an ancient laments Finally at a signal front from Hone Iele a a member of p parliament and amI a CL 0 grandson of the famous who time after time cut down clown time the British Hag at Auckland a a descendant of or au- au ether famous chief rose chief rose and amI brandishing brandishing Inn bran bran- dishing his hl stone mere about his he head IJ S Ssang sang tho the opening lines hues Jnes of oC tho thio ancient J barbaric chant to death death death- Whakarongo o 0 to te ran l Tend te 0 o to mate With ono one accord at the tho old familiar to their feet wor words s. s the people sprang and joined in the strange chant chant It I of oC death that was was a l kind nd of ot defiance grow groin in Iii volume and anti went rolling foiling through the building ul ing The Tho wild chorus chorus cho elm It rus ended as suddenly su as aa began Then silently In single file fe wih with time the tears streaming down their cheeks 8 the they walked past the shook shoo hands wih with the sons of tIme the late Jr premier pre mien mier and departed from from Cram the tIme hall hiatt hal oC or death At 2 p. p m. m the great coffin was ivas borne down the he stone steps on the lie t ami api shoulders of or tho the artillerymen placed on oil the sun gun umi carriage The rime de dead e t botI body of oC the premier was borne slowly and an sadly through lines of or soldiers s1 an and the waiting crow crowds s to the pro and thence after a short service to the c cemetery metel gates and amid anc by a steep winding mad up to the oll old the time vault had observatory site where been built There here we wo may lea o him hint sleeping With lh all ni his faults fauls and amid all al his virtues he lie has huts passed the portals and In the lie splendid words of oC our empires empire's poet lOe the power that has wrought on 01 us UH h ha gone back to tho the S power again |