WAIHI CEMETERY DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 96, 23 April 1906, Page 4

WAIHI CEMETERY DISPUTE.

j CHURCH 01? ENGLAND BEQUEST REFUSED. ■' (By Telegraph-own Correspondent) •■' '•■ I TCAiHk: this 'day; . *„ A ™ P *s a L meetin S of the trustees'of ;the Waihi Public Cemetery, was held on ■ baturday evening to consider' an appli- - the vicar of-;St; John's ArrW can Church to perform,.the consechttioa ceremony on that portion of. the cemetery generaUy used. by the Church of -England. Communications' were fe_4 : from the vicar, Bishop _ieUgan,_i_l'_fr, Jackson, solicitor. A previous application had been made, but the matter was then placed in the.solid- ' " tor's hands by the Bishop to endravour to arrive at an amicable settlement; C6_?- ; siderable discussion followed. A propyl, tion to leave the matter in the-handi of the clergy of; all' denbnunations _e» was ruled out-of-order. . ThevMdence; S' an undertaker was taken relative to dV tails in connection with certain btiriaji ; and the wishes of ; friendV of; deceasji ■persons..,..,-.;''); .., •' .■..■■ -.'■.''.;., ;y A propositioh in: favour oi the appt cation being granted was moved by Mr. Joll, the Church of"England represe_tv'' tive, and seconded by. Mr. Collms, Roaaa Catholic representative.; The motion was lost, andthe application was refused,' There has been much Oppositionyfcj; other clergy and church people against the application," the cemetery being a public one. The matter can of course / be forced under law, but;the trastees consider the granting of. the application will cause much Motion, the objection being that certain restriction*would be placed upon otherelergy conducting: servicesiay, the burial ground, though at the wirii y of a deceased person or 1 relatives:'