Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thursday 25 August 1887, page 5


FUNERAL OF THE HON. W. MILES. The

funeral of the late Hon. William Miles, M.L.A., Minister for Works and Mines, took

place at Toowong; General Cemetery yesterday afternoon, the body having been conveyed in its coffin from Toowoomba to Brisbane by special train. Welcomed by telegram from our Toowoomba correspondent that at 9 a.m. yesterday the remains of the honourable gentleman were removed from his house, near Toowoomba racecourse, to the railway station. Notwithstanding the early hour, a large number of private and public vehicles were present. The coffin, as it rested in the drawing-room, was covered with beautiful wreaths and crosses of camellias and violets. The relatives of the deceased who were present included Mr. Hunter and his sons and Mr. Nicoll and amongst others were Hon. F. H. Holberton, Messrs. R. Aland, W. Raynor, J. Garget, Struver, and other prominent local men. The Rev. J. Crookston read a psalm and offered a most impressive prayer. The coffin was then removed to the hearse, and the procession moved on to the railway station, where a large number of residents of Toowoomba had assembled near the gates. The special train which had been sent from Brisbane for the purpose was in waiting, and the coffin was placed in the mortuary box which was laid in the convertible goods-passenger van that had been attached to the train. The engine drawing the special train was partially draped in black, and black flags were flying above the cowcatcher. The mourners-Mr. Herbert Hunter and his two

sons, and Mr. Nicoll the Rev. J. Crookston, and Mr. B. Aland, M.L.A., entered the sleeping car, and the train sped on its way to convey the body to it last resting place. From Toowoomba to Ipswich, with the road signalled clear, there was no interruption. At Ipswich the train stopped for ten minutes, while a number of officials and employes from the railway workshops entered the carriages. A large crowd of residents had gathered at the railway station, and in respectful silence watched the train arrive and depart. The Special resumed its journey, and steamed slowly into the Brisbane station at 3.30 p.m. Although the platform was crowded, the police under Senior-sergeant Browne were able to keep a clear space for the passengers to alight and the coffin to be removed to the cloak-room, which had been cleared of its contents, nnditewallseoverodwith black cloth. The porters' room and several of the pillars on the outer veranda of the station were similarly treated. The sombre character was, however, relieved by profusion of ferns, palms, and shrubs. The coffin, which was substantially constructed of cedar, with solid silver handles and mountings, was home from the train by Inspector Burton, Mr. II. Popolo, assistant

station-master, Mr. Thompson Eden, and Mr. R. Scott. It was placed on a kind of bier in the cloak-room, and to the number of beautiful wreaths and crosses of camellias and violets were added others. Several gentlemen walked through the room, and paid their last respects to the deceased Minister. The station yard rapidly filled up with vehicles of all kinds, and at last it became necessary to prevent any passing through the gates but those conveying members of Parliament and passengers for the various trains. About 4 o'clock the coffin was placed in the hearse which then took up its position ready to start as soon as the procession was formed. This would have been more speedily effected if a marshal had been previously appointed, and members of Parliament would have been enabled to follow in proper order. At 4.15 four mounted police headed hearse and cleared the way for the procession, in which more than ninety vehicles took part. The hearse was followed by a mourning coach, conveying Mr, li. Hunter, Mr. Nicoll, and Mr. Hunter's Iwp sons. The second coach conveyed the Under Secretary for Works and Mines, the Commissioner for Railways, the Chief Engineer of Railways in the Southern and Central Divisions, the Engineer for Existing Lines, and the Traffic Manager of the Southern and Western Railway. In the third coach were' the Rev. C. Ogg, the Rev. J. Crookston, of Toowoomba, and the Rev. R. Kerr, of Toowong. Then followed the Governor's carriage, with Mr. W. A. B. Musgrave, Private Secretary, as his Excellency's representative and the Premier's carriage, conveying Sir S. W. Griffith, the Hon. B. B. Moreton, Colonial Secretary, and Mr. J. L. Woolcock, Private Secretary to the Premier. A mourning coach followed with the hon. the Minister for Lands, the Attorney-General, and Mr. R. Aland, M.L.A., followed by another coach conveying the Speaker and the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. The carriages which came after

convoyed among others who paid their last tribute of respect to Mr. Miles, the following:The President of the Legislative Council, the Pcfatinaster-Gciiorai, find Mr- W. Wilson ; Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith and Mr. C. H! Buzacott; Hon. P. Perkins and Mr. John Callaghan ; Mr. J. H, Daniells, Engineer for Bridges, and the officers of his department ; Mr. A. Prewett, chief clerk, and Mr. Tregurtha, accountant in the Railway Department, Mr. Thompson Eden, locomotive fore-man, Ipswich, Inspector Burton, and Mr. Buttersliill, traffic, auditor ; Messrs. Geo. Cowlishaw, T. Finney, and the Government Printer (Mr. J. C. Beal), Ven. Archdeacon Matthews, Messrs. T. Mylne, Registrar of Titles ; J. T. Annear, M.L.A.; R. Porter, T. F. Buckland, M.L.A.; and H. Wakefield, M.L.A.; Messrs. J. Stevenson, Lumley Hill, F. R. Murphy, and E. Palmer, MMLA.; Mr. Henry Bolton, Mr. W. Williams; Hon. A. Raff, M.L.C.; W. G. Power,, M.L.C.; and Messrs. John Petrie and Geo. Phillips ; Mr. W. G. L. Drew, Audi ter-General Mr E. B. Cullen, Under Secretary to the Treasury, and Mr. J. B. Henderson, Hydraulic Engineer ; Messrs. Simon Fraser, M.L.A. and R. S. Hurd ; Inspector Lewis ; Lieutenant-Colonel Adams ; Messrs. M. Mellor, J. B. L. Isambert, and J. Hamilton, MMLA.; Hon. T. Murray-Prior, M.L.C., and Hon. A. C. Gregory, M.L.C.; Hon. T. Macdonald-Paterson and Hon. P. Macpherson, MLC.; Messrs. S. W. Brooks and W. G. Bailey, MML.; Hon. J. R. Dickson, Hon. George Thorn and Mr. W. Salkeld, MMLA.; Messrs. J. McMaster and F. Kates, M.L.A.; Mr. H. Horniblow, locomotive engineer, Mr. R. T. Darker, locomotive superintendent ; Mr.

P. D. G. Stanley, ex-Colonial Architect; the clerks in the office of the Commissioner for Railways, and in the Works and Mines Department ; the principal Under Secretary (Mr. R. Gray), and the Clerk of the Executive Council (Mr. A. V. Drury) ; Mr. Geo. Connolly, Colonial Architect; Mr. Glen Cameron, chief clerk of mines, and Mr. Robertson, accountant, Works Department; Mr. H. Coxen, Mr. Geo. Agnew, of the Nundah carriage works, and Mr. W. Jones, of Brydon, Jones, and Co.; Mr. T. H. Annett, principal assistant Engineer of Railways, Southern and Central Division, and Mr. A. Hamilton, chief clerk of the Engineers' Department ; the members of the Land Board (Messrs. E. Deshon and T. S. Sword); Major J. A. Grieve and Major J. S. Lyster ; Messrs. J. Hardgrave, B. Babbidge, J. S. Kerr, T. Bunton, and John Watson ; Messrs. J. Campbell and Henry Jordan, MMLA.; Hon. J. D. Macansh, M.L.C., and Hon. Geo. King, M.L.C.; Messrs. D. L. Brown and R. L. Armour : Messrs. John Scott, A. Norton, and John Ferguson, MMLA.; Messrs. B. D. Morehead and W. Pattison, MMLA.; Hon. J. M. Macrossan and Messrs. C. E. Chubb and J. Lalor, MMLA.; Hon. W. Graham, M.L.C., and Mr. W. Allan; Hon. J. C. Heussler, MLC., and Mr. Robert Douglas, ox-Sergcant-at-Arms ; his worship the Mayor, Aldermen Byram, Stephens, Galloway, and Leftwich, and the Town Clerk; Mr. W. Day, water policemagistrate, and Messrs. J. G. Drake, R. Mar, and W. Kinnaird Rose ; Mr. T. M. King?, Collector of Customs, and Mr. W. G. Chancellor, Chief Inspector of Distilleries; Messrs. W. K. Higson, M.L.A., and L. J. Byrne ; Messrs. J. S. Jessop and H. M. Nelson, MMLA.; Messrs. Virgil Power and Jameson; Hon. W. H. Walsh, M.L.C., and Mr. J Donald-son, M.L.A.; Mr. H. Radford, Chief Clerk of Parliaments, and Mr. Chester Master, Usher of the Black Rod ; Mr. W. T. Blakeney, Regis,trar»General. and Mr. H. P Abbott ; Revs. J. F. McSwaine and Mr. W. McCallum Park ; Lieutenant-Colonel W H. Snelling, Major Newman, and Mr. J. McLennan Mr George Milne, senior railway guard; Hon. F. H.

Hart, M.L.C., and Hon W Aplin, M L C , Messrs A W. Chambers, J R Baxter Bruce, and J McNab, Mr E Griffith general manager of the Royal Bank, Mr J Moffatt, secretary of the Metro-polit m Permanent Freehold Land and Build-ing Soviet) , Di Wia>, hon James Swan, M L C, Messrs Morgan, Kollott, D S Wttlhioo, R Bulcock R B Shot Ulan, P White, and J F G Foxton, MM L V , Mr J G Anderson, Under Secretary, and Mr D En at general inspector Education Department, Mr W C Hume, Under Secretary for Lands, Mr W H Parry-Okeden, immigra-tion agent, Messrs Robert Cribb John Forsyth, T Isles, G li Wibvui, of Ipswich, W S Paul J Kennedy, D S Thistleobviate, assistant engineer, W Hamilton, W Thomson, railway arbitrator, G L Dopier, Assistant Engineer for Surveys, G M. Colledge, railway station-master, Toowong, S Kaye, and B Brooks

The route taken by the procession was by way. of Roma-street, Petrie-terrace Bridge, Milton-road, North Quay, and Sylvan-road to the cemetery. Within the precincts of the railway station great confusion prov killed in consequence of the huge number of empty cabs standing in the yard for hue, but outside threading) gates the to allia was well ordered This was owing to the prompt and proper me sures taken by Inspector O'Carroll and his officers, who unfortunately were not permitted to exercise their authority inside as well as outside the station yard

The majority of those who left the fishery station remained in the procession to the cemetery The late of the gi motor rather buck vaults, as, as already stated, on the hill near the tombs of the latoGmornor Blackall and Sir Joshua Peter Bell 'The same officials as at the railway station carried the coffin from the house to the vault, into which it was at once low road The coffin was followed by the Rev.

Charles Ogg in his silk gown, Archdeacon Matthews, Rev James Crookston, auditor It Ken Iramcchatel v boland those walked Messr a Hunter and Nicoll, The Governor's panto secretary, the Premier and his Ministerial colleagues, the Works, Mines, and Rail way officials, and

a number of members of Parliament

the Presbyterian funeral service bogan at Toowoomba by the Rev. James Crookstonwas concluded at the grave Tholtov Charles Ogg read several appropriate portions of Soapture, and a suitable prayer was offered by the Rev. J Crookston, who closed the simple service by invoking the Divine benediction on all present After the deceased gentleman's colleagues and friends had taken a last glance at his coffin, the workmen began to close up the vault, and the very large crowd quickly dispersed The only inscription on the coffin M eio- William Miles, aged 70 j ears," and Rest in peace ' ' _