Newspaper Article 1920 – WJ Birch Funeral
The funeral of the late Mr. W. J. Birch, of Marton, took place on Friday from St. Paul’s Cathedral, Wellington. The cortege included Mr. Caccia Birch, son of the deceased, General Sir Andrew Russell, Mr. A. G. Russell, Mr. A. Russell, Mr. A Leigh Hunt (representing the Dominion Farmer’ Institute), Mr. E. C. Jack (representing the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, New Zealand Council of Agriculture, and Manawatu A. and P. Association), Mr. S. E. Lambert (representing the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Company), Mr. W. Ferguson, and other friends. Short services were conducted in the Cathedral and the crematorium by Bishop Sprott.
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Newspaper articleDate published
17 May 1920Publisher
Hastings Standard, Volume 10, issue 130People
- W J Birch
- Mr Caccia Birch
- W Ferguson
- A Leigh Hunt
- E C Jack
- S E Lambert
- General Sir Andrew Russell
- A Russell
- A G Russell
- Bishop Sprott
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