CO129-335 - Governor Nathan - 1906 [8-10] — Page 419

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Extract from the "China Mail" of 4th October, 1906.

CAPTAIN BARNES-LAWRENCE,

The Funeral.

One of the most impressive funerals that has been held in Hongkong for many years was that of the late Hon. Captain Barnes Lawrence, who was laid in his final resting place in the Protestant Cemetery at Happy Valley yesterday. Long before the hour for the funeral, a large crowd of Europeans and Chinese had assembled in the vicinity of the Royal Naval Hospital, Wanchai, from which the funeral was to start; the boatmen from the Harbour Office being lined up on one side of the road holding the wreaths which came from the different departments in the Harbour Office.

Shortly after five o'clock, the coffin, a plain teak one, covered with the Union Jack, was carried down from the hospital to the road where a gun carriage was waiting, and it was placed thereon. When the cortege started, ahead of the coffin was a firing party from H.M.S. "Flora," commanded by Captain Grant-Dalton, each man wearing a black band round his left arm and marching with arms reversed. Then came the band of the Second Royal West Kent Regiment, with the drum draped with crepe.

On either side of the coffin were the deceased gentleman's colleagues from the Legislative Council as follows:- Right, Sir Francis Piggott, Hon. Mr T. Sercombe Smith, Hon. Mr W. Chatham, Hon. Mr A. W. Brewin, Sir Paul Chater, and Hon. Mr Wei Yuk. Left, Sir Henry Berkeley, Hon. Dr Atkinson, Hon. Mr E. A. Hewett, Hon. Mr W. J. Greson, Hon. De V. Kow Kai, and Mr A. G. M. Flathe (Clerk of the Council).

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, walked behind the coffin as chief mourner, followed by his A.D.C. Then came a detachment of 100 men from the naval service, followed by the staff of the Harbour Office, who turned out in strong force, headed by the Assistant Harbour Master, Mr E. Jones. The boarding officers, European employees, Eurasians, Portuguese, and Chinese completed the Harbour Office detachment.

Then came a number of Civil Service cadets, and a large number of friends of the late Harbour Master. Among those whom we noticed were the following:- Captain Lyons, Messrs E. H. Sharp, K.C., J. Dyer Ball, J. Hastings, F. B. L. Bowley, W. Daniels, H. P. White, L. Murphy, A. Saeth, P. N. H. Jones, H. H. J. Gompertz, F. J. Badeley, P. P. J. Wodehouse, A. R. Loze, G. de Champs, C. D. Melbourne, O. H. Wakeman, G. Bastings, G. C. Moxon, A. Wilson, T. F. Hough, J. J. Leiria, J. Wilkie, T. Skinner, E. A. Ram, L. A. M. Johnson, H. N. Mody, B. P. Tocker, P. Jack, H. Humphreys, E. Barton Foreman, and A. B. Mihara, Revs. J. B. France and Pearce, Capt. Pennefather, Captain Milroy, Major Pritchard, Dr Kruger, German Consul, M. Liebert, French Consul, Mr A. G. Romano, Consul for Portugal, and Mr S. Silverstone.

To the strains of Beethoven's funeral march, the cortege slowly wound its way to the cemetery, which was reached about 5:30 p.m. The coffin was carried to the grave by a party of bluejackets, and the mourners took up their positions around it.

It was impossible for all who were present to hear the words which fell from the Minister's lips as he read the burial service, but everybody seemed deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occasion. Bareheaded, they stood while the service proceeded, and at its conclusion, most of those present approached the grave and paid a last tribute of respect to their honoured friend. Three rounds from the firing party and the "Last Post" from the bugler completed the ceremony, and the Hon. Captain Barnes Lawrence was laid to rest amid a scene of beauty, close to a bubbling stream which tumbled noisily over the stones in its course.

There were a large number of wreaths sent by the following:-

Miss Barnes-Lawrence, Miss V. Barnes-Lawrence, H.E. the Governor, the P. and O.S.S. Co., Pacific Mail Co., D. and O.S.S. Co., Toyo Kisen Kaisha, Portland Asiatic Co., Y.M.C.A., Officers 119th Infantry, Orderlies Harbour Department, Wardroom Officers of H.M.S. "Tamar," Staff of the Harbour Department (a buoy and anchor), Chamber of Commerce, Mr and Mrs James Macdonald, Mr and Mrs Denison, Boatmen and Messengers of the Harbour Office, Mr D. R. Law, Hon. Mr T. Sercombe Smith, Mr and Mrs A. G. Wise, Mr and Mrs Gompertz, Staff Surgeon Mowat, R.N., and Mrs Mowat, Miss Barker, Hon. Dr Atkinson, Mr R.T.D. Sayle, Dr and Mrs Newell Wilson, Deputy Inspector General and Mrs T. D. Gimlette, Mr and Mrs G. W. Craddock, Mr Duncan Clarke, Commodore and Mrs H. P. Williams, Mr J. E. Ellis, Mrs and Miss Clarke, Mr and Mrs A. B. Skottowe, Major and Mrs Ross, Mr E. E. P. Erskine, Mr C. Gregory, Mr Fung Wa-chun, Messrs D. Sisenon and Co., Mr A. O. Botelho Jr., the Yik On S.S. Co., the Wing On Sang Kee, Mr Francisco Tse Yat, Messrs Tak Kee & Co., Messrs Wing Kee, Mr Kwok Chen, the Sam Wang Co., Nam Tai, the China Merchants Steamship Co., the Wing Shun Co., Mr L. F. Cooke, and Mr Chi Wo.

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Extract from the "China Mail" of 4th October, 1906. CAPTAIN BARNES-LAWRENCE, The Funeral. One of the most impressive funerals that has been held in Hongkong for many years was that of the late Hon. Captain Barnes Lawrence, who was laid in his final resting place in the Protestant Cemetery at Happy Valley yesterday. Long before the hour for the funeral, a large crowd of Europeans and Chinese had assembled in the vicinity of the Royal Naval Hospital, Wanchai, from which the funeral was to start; the boatmen from the Harbour Office being lined up on one side of the road holding the wreaths which came from the different departments in the Harbour Office. Shortly after five o'clock, the coffin, a plain teak one, covered with the Union Jack, was carried down from the hospital to the road where a gun carriage was waiting, and it was placed thereon. When the cortege started, ahead of the coffin was a firing party from H.M.S. "Flora," commanded by Captain Grant-Dalton, each man wearing a black band round his left arm and marching with arms reversed. Then came the band of the Second Royal West Kent Regiment, with the drum draped with crepe. On either side of the coffin were the deceased gentleman's colleagues from the Legislative Council as follows:- Right, Sir Francis Piggott, Hon. Mr T. Sercombe Smith, Hon. Mr W. Chatham, Hon. Mr A. W. Brewin, Sir Paul Chater, and Hon. Mr Wei Yuk. Left, Sir Henry Berkeley, Hon. Dr Atkinson, Hon. Mr E. A. Hewett, Hon. Mr W. J. Greson, Hon. De V. Kow Kai, and Mr A. G. M. Flathe (Clerk of the Council). His Excellency the Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, walked behind the coffin as chief mourner, followed by his A.D.C. Then came a detachment of 100 men from the naval service, followed by the staff of the Harbour Office, who turned out in strong force, headed by the Assistant Harbour Master, Mr E. Jones. The boarding officers, European employees, Eurasians, Portuguese, and Chinese completed the Harbour Office detachment. Then came a number of Civil Service cadets, and a large number of friends of the late Harbour Master. Among those whom we noticed were the following:- Captain Lyons, Messrs E. H. Sharp, K.C., J. Dyer Ball, J. Hastings, F. B. L. Bowley, W. Daniels, H. P. White, L. Murphy, A. Saeth, P. N. H. Jones, H. H. J. Gompertz, F. J. Badeley, P. P. J. Wodehouse, A. R. Loze, G. de Champs, C. D. Melbourne, O. H. Wakeman, G. Bastings, G. C. Moxon, A. Wilson, T. F. Hough, J. J. Leiria, J. Wilkie, T. Skinner, E. A. Ram, L. A. M. Johnson, H. N. Mody, B. P. Tocker, P. Jack, H. Humphreys, E. Barton Foreman, and A. B. Mihara, Revs. J. B. France and Pearce, Capt. Pennefather, Captain Milroy, Major Pritchard, Dr Kruger, German Consul, M. Liebert, French Consul, Mr A. G. Romano, Consul for Portugal, and Mr S. Silverstone. To the strains of Beethoven's funeral march, the cortege slowly wound its way to the cemetery, which was reached about 5:30 p.m. The coffin was carried to the grave by a party of bluejackets, and the mourners took up their positions around it. It was impossible for all who were present to hear the words which fell from the Minister's lips as he read the burial service, but everybody seemed deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occasion. Bareheaded, they stood while the service proceeded, and at its conclusion, most of those present approached the grave and paid a last tribute of respect to their honoured friend. Three rounds from the firing party and the "Last Post" from the bugler completed the ceremony, and the Hon. Captain Barnes Lawrence was laid to rest amid a scene of beauty, close to a bubbling stream which tumbled noisily over the stones in its course. There were a large number of wreaths sent by the following:- Miss Barnes-Lawrence, Miss V. Barnes-Lawrence, H.E. the Governor, the P. and O.S.S. Co., Pacific Mail Co., D. and O.S.S. Co., Toyo Kisen Kaisha, Portland Asiatic Co., Y.M.C.A., Officers 119th Infantry, Orderlies Harbour Department, Wardroom Officers of H.M.S. "Tamar," Staff of the Harbour Department (a buoy and anchor), Chamber of Commerce, Mr and Mrs James Macdonald, Mr and Mrs Denison, Boatmen and Messengers of the Harbour Office, Mr D. R. Law, Hon. Mr T. Sercombe Smith, Mr and Mrs A. G. Wise, Mr and Mrs Gompertz, Staff Surgeon Mowat, R.N., and Mrs Mowat, Miss Barker, Hon. Dr Atkinson, Mr R.T.D. Sayle, Dr and Mrs Newell Wilson, Deputy Inspector General and Mrs T. D. Gimlette, Mr and Mrs G. W. Craddock, Mr Duncan Clarke, Commodore and Mrs H. P. Williams, Mr J. E. Ellis, Mrs and Miss Clarke, Mr and Mrs A. B. Skottowe, Major and Mrs Ross, Mr E. E. P. Erskine, Mr C. Gregory, Mr Fung Wa-chun, Messrs D. Sisenon and Co., Mr A. O. Botelho Jr., the Yik On S.S. Co., the Wing On Sang Kee, Mr Francisco Tse Yat, Messrs Tak Kee & Co., Messrs Wing Kee, Mr Kwok Chen, the Sam Wang Co., Nam Tai, the China Merchants Steamship Co., the Wing Shun Co., Mr L. F. Cooke, and Mr Chi Wo. Page 414

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201 Extract from the "China Mail" of 4th. October,1906. CAPTAIN BARNES...... LAWRENCE, The Funeral. One of the most impressive unerals that has been held in Hongkong for many year was that of the late Hop. Captain Barnes Lawrence, who was laid in his final resting place in the Protestant Cemetery at Happy Valley yesterday. Long before the hour for the funeral a large crowd of Europeans and Chinese lad ssembled in the vicinity of the Royal Naval Hospital, Wanchai, from which the funeral was to start, the boatmen from the Harbour Office being lined up on one side of the road holding the wreaths which came from the different departments in the Harbour Office. Shortly after five o'clock the coffin, a plain tesk one, covered with the Union Jack, was carried down from the hospital to the road where a gun carriage was waiting and it was placed thereon. When the cortege started, shead, of the coffin was a firing party from H.M.S "Flors" commanded by Captain Grant- Dalton, each man wearing a black band round his left arm and marching with arms ́ reversed. Then came the band of the Second Royal West Kent Regiment, with the drum draped with crepe. On either side of the coffin were the deceased gentleman's colleagues from the Legislative Council as follows:- Right, Sir Francis Piggott, Bon. Mr T. Sercombe Smith, Hon. Mr W. Chatham, Hon. Mr A. W. Brewin, Sir Paul Chater and Hon. Mr Wei Yuk. Left, Sir Henry Berkeley, Hou. Dr Atkinson, Hon, Mr E. A. Hewett, Hon. Mr W. J. Greeson, Hon. De Ho Kai and Mr A. G. M. Flateber (Clerk of the Council). His Excellency the Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, walked behind the coffin as chief mourner, followed" by his A. D. C. Then cara a detachment of 100 men from the naval service, followed by the staff of the Harbour Office, who turned out in strong force, headed by the Assistant Harbour Master, Mr E. Jones." The boarding officers, European Employees, Eurasians, Portuguese and Chinese completed the Barbour Office detachment. Then came & number of Civil Service cadets, and a large number of friends of the Isto Harbour Master. Among those whom we noticed were the following:- Captain Lyons, Messrs E. H. Sharp, K.C.. J. Dyer Ball, J. Hastings, F. B. L Bowley, W. Daniels, H. P. Whito, L. Murphy, A. Saeth, P. N. H. Jones, H. H. J. Compertz, F. J. Badeley, P. P. J. Wodehouse. A. R. Loze, G. de Chain- peaux, C. D. Melbourne, 0. H. Wakeman, G. Bastings, G. C. Moxon, A. Wilson, T. F. Hough, J. J. Leiria, J. Wilkie, T Skin- ber, E. A, Ram, L. A. M. Johnson, H. N. Mody, B..P. Tocker, P. Jack, H. Hump- breys, E Barton Foreman and A. B, Mihara, Revs. J. B. France and Pearce, Capt. Pennefather, Captain Milroy, Major Pritchard, Dr Kruger, German Consul, M. Liebert, French Consul, Mr A. G. Romano, Consul for Portugal, and Mr 8. Silver- stone. To the strains of Beethoven's funeral march the cortege slowly wound its way to the cemetery, which was reached about 5 30 p.m. Thecoffin was carried to the grave by a party of bluejackets, and the mourners took up their positions around it. It was impossible for all who were present to hear the words which fell from the Minister's lipa as he read the burial service, but everybody seemed deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occas ion. Bareheaded they stood while the servico proceeded and at its conclusion most of those present approached the grave and paid a last tribute of respect to their honoured friend. Three round from the firing party and the "Last Post" from the bugler completed the ceremony and the Hon. Cap- tion Barnes Lawrence was laid to rest amid a scene of beauty close to a bubbling stream which tumbled noisily over the stones in ita course. There were a large number of wreaths, sent by the following:- Mise Barnes-Lawrence, Miss V. Barnes- Lawrence, H.E. the Governor. the P. and 1). e.s. Co., Pacific Mail Co., D. and O s.8. Co., Toyo Kisen Raisha, Portland Asiatic Co., Y.M.C.A., Officers 119th Infantry, erderlies Harbour Department, Wardroom Officers of H.M.S. "Tamar," Staff of the Harbour Department (a buoy and Chamber of Commerce, Mr anchor), and Mrs James Macdonald, Mr and Mrs Denison, Boatmen and Messengers of the Harbour Office, Mr D. R. Law, Hon. Mr T. Sercombe Smith, Mr and Mrs A. G. Wise, Mr and Mrs Gompertz, Staff Surgeon Mowat, R.N., and Mra Mowat. Mias Barker. Hon. De Atkinson, Mr R.T.D. Sayle, Dr and Mrs Newell Wilson, Deputy Inspector General and Mrs T. D. Gimlette, Mr and Mrs G. W. Craddock, Me Duncan Clarke, Commodore and Mra H. P Williame, Mr J. E. Ellis Mrs and Miss Clarke, Mr and Mrs A. B. Skotłowe, Major and Mrs Ross, Mr E. E. P. Erskine, Mr C. Gregory, Mr Fung Wa-chun, Messes D. Sisenon aud Go.. Mr A. 0. Botelho Jr., the Yik On 8.8. Co., the Wing Mow Sang Kee, Mr Francisco Tse Yat. Messrs Tak Kee & Co., Messrs Wing Kee, Mr Kwok Chen, the Sam Wang Co., Namn Tai, the China Merchants Steamship Co., the Wing Shun Co., Mr L. F. Cooke and Mr Chi Wo. 414

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Extract from the "China Mail" of 4th. October,1906.

CAPTAIN BARNES......

LAWRENCE,

The Funeral.

One of the most impressive unerals that has been held in Hongkong for many year was that of the late Hop. Captain Barnes Lawrence, who was laid in his final resting place in the Protestant Cemetery at Happy Valley yesterday. Long before the hour for the funeral a large crowd of Europeans and Chinese lad ssembled in the vicinity of the Royal Naval Hospital, Wanchai, from which the funeral was to start, the boatmen from the Harbour Office being lined up on one side of the road holding the wreaths which came from the different departments in the Harbour Office. Shortly after five o'clock the coffin, a plain tesk one, covered with the Union Jack, was carried down from the hospital to the road where a gun carriage was waiting and it was placed thereon. When the cortege started, shead, of the coffin was a firing party from H.M.S "Flors" commanded by Captain Grant- Dalton, each man wearing a black band round his left arm and marching with arms ́ reversed. Then came the band of the Second Royal West Kent Regiment, with the drum draped with crepe. On either side of the coffin were the deceased gentleman's

colleagues from the Legislative Council as follows:- Right, Sir Francis Piggott, Bon. Mr T. Sercombe Smith, Hon. Mr W. Chatham, Hon. Mr A. W. Brewin, Sir Paul Chater and Hon. Mr Wei Yuk. Left, Sir Henry Berkeley, Hou. Dr Atkinson, Hon, Mr E. A. Hewett, Hon. Mr W. J. Greeson, Hon. De Ho Kai and Mr A. G. M. Flateber (Clerk of the Council). His Excellency the Governor, Sir Matthew Nathan, walked behind the coffin as chief mourner, followed" by his A. D. C. Then cara a detachment of 100 men from the naval service, followed by the staff of the Harbour Office, who turned out in strong force, headed by the Assistant Harbour Master, Mr E. Jones." The boarding officers, European Employees, Eurasians, Portuguese and Chinese completed the Barbour Office detachment. Then came & number of Civil Service cadets, and a large number of friends of the Isto Harbour Master. Among those whom we noticed were the following:- Captain Lyons, Messrs E. H. Sharp, K.C.. J. Dyer Ball, J. Hastings, F. B. L Bowley, W. Daniels, H. P. Whito, L. Murphy, A. Saeth, P. N. H. Jones, H. H. J. Compertz, F. J. Badeley, P. P. J. Wodehouse. A. R. Loze, G. de Chain- peaux, C. D. Melbourne, 0. H. Wakeman, G. Bastings, G. C. Moxon, A. Wilson, T. F. Hough, J. J. Leiria, J. Wilkie, T Skin- ber, E. A, Ram, L. A. M. Johnson, H. N. Mody, B..P. Tocker, P. Jack, H. Hump-

breys, E Barton Foreman and A. B, Mihara, Revs. J. B. France and Pearce, Capt. Pennefather, Captain Milroy, Major Pritchard, Dr Kruger, German Consul, M. Liebert, French Consul, Mr A. G. Romano, Consul for Portugal, and Mr 8. Silver- stone.

To the strains of Beethoven's funeral march the cortege slowly wound its way to the cemetery, which was reached about 5 30 p.m. Thecoffin was carried to the grave by a party of bluejackets, and the mourners took up their positions around it.

It was impossible for all who were present to hear the words which fell from the Minister's lipa as he read the burial service, but everybody seemed deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occas ion. Bareheaded they stood while the servico proceeded and at its conclusion most of those present approached the grave and paid a last tribute of respect to their honoured friend. Three round from the firing party and the "Last Post" from the bugler completed the ceremony and the Hon. Cap- tion Barnes Lawrence was laid to rest amid a scene of beauty close to a bubbling stream which tumbled noisily over the stones in ita course.

There were a large number of wreaths, sent by the following:-

Mise Barnes-Lawrence, Miss V. Barnes- Lawrence, H.E. the Governor. the P. and 1). e.s. Co., Pacific Mail Co., D. and O s.8. Co., Toyo Kisen Raisha, Portland Asiatic Co., Y.M.C.A., Officers 119th Infantry, erderlies Harbour Department, Wardroom Officers of H.M.S. "Tamar," Staff of the Harbour Department (a buoy and Chamber of Commerce, Mr anchor), and Mrs James Macdonald, Mr and Mrs Denison, Boatmen and Messengers of the Harbour Office, Mr D. R. Law, Hon. Mr T. Sercombe Smith, Mr and Mrs A. G. Wise, Mr and Mrs Gompertz, Staff Surgeon Mowat, R.N., and Mra Mowat. Mias Barker. Hon. De Atkinson, Mr R.T.D. Sayle, Dr and Mrs Newell Wilson, Deputy Inspector General and Mrs T. D. Gimlette, Mr and Mrs G. W. Craddock, Me Duncan Clarke, Commodore and Mra H. P Williame, Mr J. E. Ellis Mrs and Miss Clarke, Mr and Mrs A. B. Skotłowe, Major and Mrs Ross, Mr E. E. P. Erskine, Mr C. Gregory, Mr Fung Wa-chun, Messes D. Sisenon aud Go.. Mr A. 0. Botelho Jr., the Yik On 8.8. Co., the Wing Mow Sang Kee, Mr Francisco Tse Yat. Messrs Tak Kee & Co., Messrs Wing Kee, Mr Kwok Chen, the Sam Wang Co., Namn Tai, the China Merchants Steamship Co., the Wing Shun Co., Mr L. F. Cooke and Mr Chi Wo.

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