Official Correspondence.
Mr W. T, Jennings, M.P., forwards the following letters la'ely received by him from the Premier: “ Ro Kiritchere Cemetery.—Refer ring to your letter of ’be fib ult., ad dressed to tbe Hon. Minister for In ternal Affairs, as all new cemeteries and all domains aie under tbe emtr d of tbe Lands Dc-pirtment, your letter was referred to me, and I find upm enquiry that the whole of tbe email sum npproprialot] by Parliament under item 53 of the lends and ‘-urvey appro p iations, viz., £l5O, fur fenci’g aud clearing new ceineteri-.s, has been exhausted, and therefore I am unable to make any grant uu il Parliament appropriates further sums for this purpose. I hope to obtain an additional. sum next year, and then 1 shall have 1 much pleasure in granting a smaL amount toward ) tbe fencing and cleat - ' iug of tbe cemetery in question.— | Yours, otc., J. G. Ward, Minister cd ; Lands.’ 1
“ I have tbe honour to refer to your letter of the sr'i ult., requesting that Glongregg be retained as tbe name ol a post office to be opened at that place, aud, in reply, to express my regret that the namj cannot ba adopted. A.s a general rule 1 am unable to new post offices being named after local persons unless in the eases of those who have distinguished fhemselv&s in the history of tbe Dominion. The name to oe given to the pist < ffice atGlcingregg is Moeatoa, an old Maori place name in the locality.—Yours, etc., J. G. Ward, Postmaster General."
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Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 407, 26 March 1909, Page 2
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260Official Correspondence. Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 407, 26 March 1909, Page 2
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