ALLEGED INDECENT BURIALS.
M Goffeij Protests, At last night's 'meeting of the Wellington Oity Ppunoil, Buys the N.Z, Titueß, a letter was read from the Eev B. Coffey calling attention to the » neoeeaity of taking steps to have the interments at tbe Karori Cemetery performed with an increased measure of decordra. The Boy gentleman sta> ■-«? ted that ho was present at a burial last Saturday, which was simply indecent, When the Cemetery was reached, lie wrote, the corpse was taken into the shelter shed where, io cpflsefl'uencfi of rain, the greatest part pf th* service Tvas' taken, But' tj)o building was in a disorderly conditiop, There was a coll of rope on one side, a tent rolled up on the other, and a pool of water in tbe centre. The custodian said lie called attention to the leak in the roof, no be was not responsible for that. Then when tbe grave was reached there was a pool of water iM, so that the coffin was placed in water;'' He bad never seen such a fbjilg 'in the fejnetejtjr 6f the prtyi apt) he Msteii it would never, happen again. The custodian said it could not be helped, He (Mr Coffey) said it could and must. Tbe water could be bailed out, and some rubbish, grass, fern, etc, should be at hand to throw in, so that there would be a • decent bottom. The Council toQb the fees, arid the leaet that could be done Wto provide for decency,' ' " Councillor Ande^sdn-'thought the letter was vathgr'saye're. - The build-
ing was not put up us a chapel, hut as a place of shelter in case of rain, He thought Mr Coffey might have worded bis reproach in milder terms, Mr Coffoy was complaining without cause, : The Mayor said the accumulation of the water in the grave had been euised by the heavy rain during tbo burial service, ltwastiuetbe difficulty might be obviated by puttini! hntshwood in the grave, He must say, however that Mr Coffey' B letter was a Very di3cOui teous one. Councillor Vo»ol: Characteristic. Councillor Smith: Very. The subject then dropped,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4135, 10 June 1892, Page 3
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351ALLEGED INDECENT BURIALS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4135, 10 June 1892, Page 3
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