Thf> funeral of the late Mr Robert Mclntyre, Ashburton Forks, who died on Saturday night last took place on Tuesday afternoon, aud was very largely attended. The funeral procession moved from the deceased's house at the Forks, and was joined at every homestead on the way by the vehicles of friends and neighbors. In Ashburton it received accessions of friends from the lower parts of the county, and many farmers sacrificed the day's stock sale to attend the funeral, so that as the procession moved along East street there could not have leenless than 100 vehicles in line, with quite a number of horsemen in the rear. As a mark of respect to the memory of one who had so often been in the audience at the weekly sale, the auctioneers ceased business until the funeral was over. This cessation of busi ness at the yards set free a very large number of people of all classes who came to the cemetery to pay their last tribute of renpacfc to the departed, so that in the graveyard by the tima the hearse entered it there were quite 1200 people. The coffin was borne to ehe grave by six members of the Orange body, of which Mr McTnfcyre had been so long a brother and sttunch supporter, it was a hand some shell, beautifully mountpd. and bore the name, age, and date of death of the deceased, as wall as two verses from the hymn "Rock of Ages" At the grave the Rev G. B. lnglis, of the Presbyterian Church conducted service and addressed the people, and afterwards the service for the dead of the Orange Institution was read by Bro. W. Houston. These services over, many iriends took their last farewell look [■• all that was mortal oi one of the oldest settlers in the district.
