Crowds watch the funeral cortege passing through Thorndon. The Marist priest, Charles Venning, died in a motorcycle accident in Hill Street, Thorndon on 21 November 1912. He was driving back to the Catholic presbytery on his motorcycle when he took the corner too sharply and hit a post, falling off the bike and fatally hitting his head.
Wellington New Zealand. "The Funeral of the late Father Venning."
Crowds sit on a bank watching the long procession of mourners, from the various Roman Catholic societies and schools, march along Tinakori Road leading up to Karori Cemetery on Sunday afternoon 24 November 1912 after the service in the Basilica in Hill Street. The Territorial Army escort with their weapons at the reverse is just visible as the clip ends. Father Venning, being a Territorial Army Chaplain, had a military funeral.
Notes by Chris Pugsley