OTAKEHO CEMETERY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 21 July 1923, Page 6

OTAKEHO CEMETERY.

OLD SETTLERS' GRAVES.

"LEST AYE FORGET.'*

I A plea for help to keep in fair or-: | der the burying ground where lay the j remains of same of the pioneer F«ttiers of the Plains was. made by Cr. Le Fleming at Thursday's meeting of the Wanna te West County Council. He said there was a fair area of ground to keep in order, and the onjy r funds were burial fees amounting to> I a few pounds annually. Ho considi ered it was not right to allow fern and j gorse to overgrow the resting-place of j the early colonists. There was no on» . |to look after the graves and funds ! would not allow the employment of Ia- ; bour. The chairman said it. was a verj reasonable request, for the graves were- : those of men who had given much; I time aEd work to public affairs. T6e> | memory of the public was short, and it was soon forgotten where they' wereburied. It was deplorable to see weeds growing over the graves of those men who bore the heat and burden of tße day in thpir time. Cr. McKav said he was heartily m sympathy with the movement. . j It was decided to vote the sum of £5 towards the upkeep of the teryI *'■■ —■■ ■- "■— '"-■- ■. ■ ..