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THE LATE COLONEL PHILLIPS.
THE FUNERAL.
The remains of the late Colonel George
Braithwaite Phillips, commissioner for police,
were interred with military honors at the East
Perth Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. The
funeral arrangements were of an elaborate
character. The coffin was carried
from the deceased's late residence, Yeovil,
Adelaide-terrace, by four sergeants of police
and four sergeants of the No. 1 Field Bat-
tery, and placed on a gun carriage drawn by
six horses. The cortege soon afterwards
moved off, and, as it did so, it passed through
lines of police and artillerymen. Then the
solemn procession was formed. An escort of
Perth infantrymen, who were also the firing
party, led with rifles reversed. Then fol-
lowed the Headquarters Band and that of
the Fremantle Infantry, which played ap-
propriate slow marches, including the Portu-
guese Hymn and the Dead March in 'Saul.'
The gun carriage, with the remains, fol-
lowed. The coffin, was covered with the
Union Jack, and among some of the wreaths
were the deceased's gentleman's helmet and
arms. The pall-bearers were Sir George Shen-
ton (President of the Legislative Council),
Sir James Lee Steere (Speaker of the Legis-
lative Assembly), Sir John Forrest (Premier),
Mr. J. B. Roe (sheriff), Mr. George Glyde
(chief clerk in the Lands Department), and
Mr. James Morrison. The chief mourners,
Mrs. George B. Phillips, (widow), Mrs. Sept.
Burt, and Miss Burges, followed in a mourn-
ing coach, and the others who attended on
foot were Mr. Septimus Burt, Q.C., Mr.
Oct. Burt, Mr. R. G. Burges, M.L.C., Mr.
Arch. E. Burt, Mr. Fred. Burt, Mr. Regi-nald Burt, and Mr. Cecil Foss. The de-
ceased's charger, led by two officers of police,
was next in the procession. The animal was
saddled, and in the stirrups were a pair of
Wellington boots reversed. The police on
foot, to the number of over 120, and who
had been drawn from all ranks, followed in
double file, and their rear was brought up by
Inspectors Drewery and M'Kenna, and Sub-
inspectors Hogan, Sellenger, and Back, De-
tective-inspector Campbell, and ex-Sergeant
Buck. The plain-clothes policemen and the
members of the criminal investigation branch
were also largely represented. The members
of the Perth Artillery, Fremantle
Artillery and Infantry, and Guild-
ford Infantry came next in that
order, and they were followed by several offi-
cers of the Fremantle Gaol, Superintendent
Lapsley and two officers of the Metropolitan
Fire Brigade, Captain Newland, and the
officers who were in command of
the various corps. Among the military
officers were— Colonel Chippindall, the Com-
mandant of the Western Australian forces;
Major Campbell, Staff Officer; Major J. Tal-
bot Hobbs, Major Strickland, and Major Hope.
Colonel Haynes was also among the officers.
This brought to an end the official proces-
sion, which was about a quarter of a mile
long.
The civilians who attended on foot were
very numerous. Prominent among these were
- Mr. F. H. Piesse, Commissioner for Rail-
ways ; Mr. H. B. Lefroy, Minister of Mines;
Mr. A. Forrest, M.L.A., Mayor of Perth; Mr.
Justice Stone; Mr. F. B. North, undersec-
retary to the Premier; Mr. Alpin Thomson,
under-secretary for Railways ; Mr. M. E. Jull,
under-secretary for works; Mr. H. J. Saun-
ders, M.L.C.; Mr. L. S. Eliot, under-trea-
surer; Mr. F. L. Hussey; Mr. R. A. Sholl,
Postmaster-General; Mr E. W. Snook, super-
intendent of telegraphs; Mr. John Longmore,
superintendent of charitable institutions ; Mr.
Walter Gale, clerk of the Legislative Assem-
bly ; Mr. C. Lee Steere, clerk of the Legis-
lative Council; Mr. F. M. Stone, M.L.C. ;
Mr. Le Souef ; Mr. W. E. Cooke, Govern-
ment astronomer ; Mr. George Leake, M.L. A. ;
Dr. E. Black, acting principal medical offi-
cer; Mr. C. Y. O'Connor, engineer-in-chief ;
Mr. F. Illingworth, M.L.A.-, Mr. E. C. B.
Locke, M.L.A. ; Mr. H. H. Edwards; Mr.
Frank Craig; Mr. T. Kelly, chief clerk in the
office of the Commissioner for Police; Mr.
F. Spencer, auditor-general; Mr. A. F. Bert,
Mr. G. Eliot; Mr. H. R. England, manager
of the National Bank; Mr. G. E. Clifton;
Mr. C. T. Simpson ; Mr. F. A. Moseley, re-
gistrar of the Supreme Court; Mr. H. J.
Pether; Mr. J. L. Clarke, official receiver;
Mr. James Cowan, police magistrate; Mr.
H. C. Prinsep ; Mr. A. S. Roe, police magis-
trate ; and Mr. J. F. Campbell, master of the
Mint. Several hundred others followed on
foot, and a long line of carriages brought up
the end of the mournful procession. The late
Commissioner's vehicle and pair were used
for the conveyance of wreaths, which were
very numerous. Among the carriages which
formed part of the cortege was that of the
Administrator, who was represented as Ad-
ministrator by Mr. Harold Wright, private
secretary, and as Chief Justice bv Mr. W. K.
Ainslee, associate. Mr. G. RandelL M.L.C.,
the Colonial Secretary, was also among those
who drove.
On arrival at the cemetery the coffin was
borne to the church by officers of the police
and the artillery. The first part of the burial
service was said in St. Bartholomew's Church,
and the remains were subsequently carried to
their last resting-place on the eastern-side.
in close continguity to the chapel, and at the
foot of the grave of the late Bishop Parry.
The body was interred in ground occupied by
the deceased's first wife, and a daughter who
died about six months ago. Bishop Riley
officiated at the grave, where he was attended
by Dean Goldsmith, and the Revs. D. J. Gar-
land, C. E. Lefroy, F. J. Price. John Ellis,
P. J. Davoren, W. Cutts, and Needham. At
the conclusion of the service the escort fired
three volleys over the grave of the dead offi-
cer, aad the Headquarters Band played 'It
is Well with My Soul.' The scene at the
grave, around which the immediate relatives
and friends were congregated, was very pa-
thetic, and many eyes were dimmed with
tears as the last rites were read.
The military arrangements were carried out
under the supervision of Major Campbell;
while the mortuary details were entrusted to
Messrs. Bowra and O'Dea. The coffin was
of polished jarrah with heavy black mount-
ings, and it bore the simple inscription -
'George Braithwaite Phillips, died March 25,
1900, aged 64 years.'
Wreaths were sent by the following :— The
officers of the Public Works Department. In
spector E. G. Back, Captain and Mrs. Rus-
sell, Criminal Investigation Branch. Sub-in=
spector Connell, non-commissioned officers
and constables of the Plantagenet District ;
officers, non-commissioned officers, and con-
stables of the Metropolitan Police ; Mr. and
Mrs. Overend Drewery, the members of Fre-
mantle Police Force, Mr. and Mrs. Foss,
Mr. and Mrs. Peet, Mr. and Mrs. F. W.
Sherwood, Captain and Mrs. Edward Shen-
ton, Miss Best ; Ernest, Vittie, Harry, Nora,
and Maity Foss ; Mrs. J. F. Campbell. Mr.
Justice Stone and Mrs. Stone, Mr. and Mrs.
Le Souef, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Hassell
and Miss Hassell, the Administrator and Lady
Onslow, the Misses Onslow, Mr. and Mrs. H.
P. Woodward, Police Department (Kalgoor-
lie district) , Mr. Archibald E. Burt (Mount
Malcolm), Dr. and Mrs. Hope, Mrs. P. Kelly,
Major and Mrs. J. C. Strickland, the Misses
Sutherland, Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Ewins;
Archie, Freddie, and Reggie; Mr. and
Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Saunders,
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs.
Roe, members W.A. Photographic Society,
Mrs. Goldsmith, Mrs. Salter, Mrs. S. H.
Parker, the Misses Parker, Mr. and Mrs. G.
Packer, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stone, Mrs. Mathe-
son and Leta, Mr. and Mrs. Draper, Bob and
Olive, Sir James and Lady Lee Steere,
Alice and Mabel, employes Perth
Park, employes Government Gardens, Mr. D.
Feakes, Mrs. H. M. Cooke, Richard and Mona
Burges, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Parker, the
Misses Parker, Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Harvey,
Chief Inspector and Mrs. Lawrence, the
Misses Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hill-
man, officers of Colonial Secretary's Depart-
ment, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Craig, Mr. Rich-
ard Wynne, Dr. and Mrs. Waylen, the Mayor
and councillors city of Perth, Mr. and Mrs.
Octavius Burt, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jefferson,
Mr. and Mrs. L. Lindley-Cowen, Messrs. F.
C. and A. J. and E. Monger, Lady Doyle
and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Kidson, the girls of
the High School, Miss Moore and Miss May
Moore, Sub-inspector and Mrs. Hogan, Cap-
tain and Mrs. Cassell, Mrs. Marguerite Dore,
Joseph Morden, Mrs. and the Misses Le-
froy, Mrs. Wittenoom, Miss Sussie Moore,
Mrs. Fraser, Agnes Campbell (Guildford),
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee Steere, Sergeant
W. H. Osborn and constables of Swan dis-
trict, Mr. and the Misses Glyde, Mr. and
Mrs. and the Misses Davies, Mr. and Mrs.
Moorhead, Mrs. Edward Sholl, Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Darlot, Major, and Mrs. J. S. Hobbs,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Munchin, Mr. and Mrs.
Septimus Burt, chief office staff Police De-
partment, Perth Licensed Victuallers' Ass-
ciation, Sir George Shenton, Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Lefroy, Mrs. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. R.
A. Sholl, the Misses and Miss Rose Burges,
Mrs. Cooper and Miss Eliot, the Misses Shen-
ton, Harriet and Kate, Mrs. and the Misses
Kay, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Kyrle Money, Mr.
and Mrs. Hardey and Mrs. George Stone, Mrs.
F. H. Green, Mrs. Hampton and Mrs. Ne-
ville, George Kidson, Department of Lands
and Surveys, Mr. A. Y. Glyde, Police De-
partment (Southern Cross), Police Depart-
ment (Coolgardie), Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Glyde (South Perth), Mrs. Alderson and the
Misses Alderson, Police Department (Bun-
bury), official receiver in bankruptcy, Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Moseley, the members of
the Weld Club, Mr. G. T. Poole, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Percy.
The under-secretary of the Premier's De-
partment received telegrams from almost
every town in the colony yesterday express-
ing great regret at the death of
Colonel Phillips, and sending mes-
sages of condolence to the bereaved
widow and children. Mr. North forwarded
these as they arrived to Mrs. Phillips.
The Premier has forwarded to the printer
the following notice to be published in the
weekly number of the 'Western Australian
Police Gazette,' which is issued to all mem-
bers of the force: — The Premier (the Minis-
ter controlling the Police Department) wishes
to express to the members of the police force
his profound sorrow at the lamented death
of the Commissioner for Police, Lieutenant
Colonel G. B. Phillips. The long and valued
services of lieutenant-Colonel Phillips in the
civil service of Western Australia, extending
over nearly half a century, were highly ap-
praciated by the Government, and his high
personal character was recognised and es-
teemed throughout the colony. The exam-
ple of the late Commissioner both as a loyal
and zealous servant of the Crown and as a
private citizen may well be followed by mem-
bers of the civil service of the colony: —
(Signed) John Forrest, Premier.
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