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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 208, 17 July 1939, Page 2

Cheapest Cemetery in N.z. Brunswick cemetery, near Wanganui. -probably has been the cheapest in New Zealand in which to be buried.. The cemetery has been in use for many years and only one plot has been paid for. the trustees allowing the people to be buried there on payment of burial fees only. Production and Rates. A -warning note that there might he difficulty in securing payment of rates-' for the current year, was sounded at the monthly meeting of the Cook. County Qouncil, when it was stated that there had been a startling reduction iu the- returns of dairy farmers; from the Kia Ora Co-operative Dairy Company. Ltd. A letter to the council read: “The returns of our suppliers for the year ending J u.ne will bo at least £60.000 less thtiTp:. last year”. The chairman, Cr. W. O• Sherratt. expressed doubt as to tin? accuracy of the “figure mentioned, but the county clerk assured him that* £60.000 was the correc t figure— |y,