WAIKUMETE CEMETERY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 46, 22 February 1918, Page 6

WAIKUMETE CEMETERY.

CORNER FOR SOLDIERS. ' WORK TO BE PUT IN* HAND. / > In view of the fact that one corner of the Waikirmete Cemetery has been set a=ide for the burial of soldiers, the Engineer recommended to the <'itv < ouncil last evening tnat he be authorised to proceed at once with the laying out at least of this portion of the new addition to the cemetery; that om-e the work i* started it be continued for the whole of the 1C acre? comprised in the new addition, as otherwise the land already cleared, ploughed, and harrowed would go back, and the money already spent Tip. partially wasted. He estimated that the cost, exclusive of sub-so:! drainage. would be approximately .415.100, made up as followr.:—Excavation at entrance. £734: 40 chains main and lira.neh roads. '£920; 80 chain? secondary drives. '.Cl.tiOO: 2,45f> roods, preparing, sowing, and planting burial and ornamental areas. £2.450. The sub-soil drainage ha estimated to oost £2.300. but to get a correct estimate he would have to plan out the full scheme of drainage. Tic considered that the work of laying out the cemetery would take at least two years. The Public Services Committee recommended the Engineer to proceed to the extent of £300. This was agreed to by the Conncil.