TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2218, 25 September 1886, Page 2

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha, Friday.

Amono the many much needed nnpmwnients that are reqrned in ami about nur township perhaps there \* not one tint demand* more immediate attention than the fencing and proper laying out of the cemeteiy. It is now some, four or five jeai.s since the land was grawted by government, and a hoard of trustees was then appointed to cany out the objects for which the gi.mt was made, but not a tiling has yet been done to enclose or nnpxoMJ the pound m any way. It still remains a p.irt of tin j dieary u.ihte of fern and sciub, in which 1' is situated, and it would Vie hard to imagine a mow dismal or depressing sight than is pieseuted I>V this lonesome buiying place and its desolate .suirounding-. Se\eial of the graves aie without railings 01 protection of any kind to guard them fiom de-tcia-tion, and of those that aio enclo-ed the fences aiu, in some instance's, going lapidU to dec.iy foi want of a little caie. This ht.ite of things is not .it .ill ciedit ible to nis ,i (iMiinminU, .md it calls foi ilium rliate refoim. Reverence for the dead, and respect for the feeling- of Uiom 1 whose ielatnes h.i\e theio found their la>t it^tni.' place alike requite th.it an etFott should Ik made to effe'ct -ome uiipro\eiuent. Of tin fiM* trustees oiigin.dh appointed two lu\<- ] long smce left the distnet. and another le-sigm-d some time ago, and foi M.me iiii.ic countable leasou the' \aeanci< >■< on th< bond lunenot been Hlled. H(\\e\ci willing the rem. lining tv o tiny l>e to pei foiin thmr duty in this matter they are pou cries-, to ,iet w ithout funds, nw\ none an, at th» u di~pos.il. It is incumbent thetefoie upon the inhabitants to bchtn themselves, m order that .something may be done. Tin- cemetery at Te Arohais the onl> |)lac-' ol bun.il in a \ery wide distutt, :ui(l to it the people of Waio'tonu'omai, of hhaftestn.iv and of Waito.i also bung tlieii dead. This qm - turn appeals to the residents of th-j-e i\y tricts no less than to the people of Te Aroha, and it is to be hoped \inited at tion will betaken to ha\e the jtresent .-cand,.lous state of things altered. It is for Te Ai.>h.i. as the leading township, to take the tiist gteps in this nnpoitant matter, and fie movement once begun will no doubt quickly result in something being done to effect tins much desired object. At the mque-t held on Tne-day <m the remains of the .nan found in thf rner on Sunday last, the iuiy ga\e a • enhct to the effect that the deceased was supposed to have been icudentallv diowned. Infoinntion gleaned w itlnn the last few days pcinN to the conclusion that th« \uifoitun,ite man was named J. H. Stow ait (not T. 15. Stewait, .i- fnimeily U'poited), and that he held not lodl* since a pi^ition ,ih cltik at. a place named I'Miir^thoipe 1 , somew'ueie in the Wang.mui disti'ct. I'MMutiful wenthrv ]ire\ailod thr -ughout the week uj« till \e-t< rdiy evning, when it again broke, and tins morning pies^nts rather .m unsettled ft]>;ieaianeo.