WHATAWHATA.
Why cannot we have a cemetery in Wuatawhata instead of hiving to 40 twelve miles to the oemei.ry. Within a comparatively short time there hive been three deuhs in the township, and the necessity for a cemetry h«s become very plain. Independent of the long jiuniey for the funeral it is almost impossible for their relatives who wish to pay som.; little ittention tp the, £rav<-s of the departed, feocng, planting wrh flowers. &c, to do so. lam not hj ware 'whether, there is any ground in Whitawhata set apart for a cemetry, other than the oae on the river bank, and uo one would care to put relations in that, as* the Waipa is fast cutting aWay the bank, and I believe that alreidy some timber is begining to show oa , so that if any steps are to be taken, planting the bank with willows, or removing the renuijfb to a more secure resting .place, it have to be done shortly. The question of a cemetry for Whatawhata is one which affects ali its residents, and it is to be hoped that the m itter will be taken up iu the proper quarter, and an inquiry into the state of the cemetry on the river oank m*de ; at jthe same time.— Correspondent.
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Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 883, 19 February 1878, Page 2
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