PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1883.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1295, 10 September 1883, Page 2

PUBLISHED TRI- WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1883.

We publish iir another column the 'Annual programme of the Fidelity Company on the Melbourne Cup. This event 't>ei.ng one of the first, if not the tirst, originated in the Colonyj has an established .place in public confidence. v l The funeral of the late Mr John Wallace took place, yesterday, and the very large 1 1 umber of persons who paid the last tribute of respect to his memory amply testified to the esteem in which he was lield by the community generally. The funeral left the Oddfellows' Hall at 3 p m., the brethren of the Pacitic (Masonic) Lodge, of which .deceased was a member, heading the cortege ; then followed the members of the Heather Bell (St. Andrew's) Lodge, and after them the general public. The Black's Point Band, under the leadership of Mr J. Richards, played

the "Dead March in Saul," and as the procession slowly filed down Broadway nothing could exceed the lmpressiveness and solemnity of the occasion . The deceased having belonged to the Presbyterian communion the burial service of that denomination was read by Mr T. Thornton, after which Bro. W. H. ReveU read the Masonic service for the dead. Mr Wallace was a native of Aberdeenshire, and 52 years of age. Parliament was formally prorogued on Saturday last, and the closing scene in the House, as related in our telegrams, was an appropriate termination. Our Wellington correspondent furnishes an analysis of the work of the session, from which it will be seen that almost the entire business is comprised in the passing of a number of consolidating and amending Acts, or, in other words, patching up the defective legislation of the past. Much was said at the opening of Parliament as to the barrenness of His Excellency's speech, as a forecast of the intentions of the Government, but the sequel shows that it was a fitting prelude to what has followed. The greatest appetizer, stomach, blood and liver regulator on — Jlop Bitters. Look for and read.