THE OLD GORE CEMETERY.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 946, 17 September 1901, Page 2

THE OLD GORE CEMETERY.

to tiik union. Hilt, - I see a notice in your la-it i.-,sue of the intention of the Borough Council to get an Act of Parliament to authorise them to lift the bodies interred there and bury them in the new cemetery, with the object of making the old ci-meteiy a reserve for municipal purposes. I suppose that means to lease it for building sites, like other reserves. I hat notice eiven, as requested by law, to asci-rtiiin il iinv [n-i-ons object to the proposal. Now, So, 1. imd many tilhrrs, whose names may, if be shown on it petition to I'arlimncnt against tln-ir proposal, most strongly object to it (or th» fallowing reasons The cons«nt of the friends or relatives of those who were buried in the old cemetery has never been obtained for the removal of these bodies. No il-mand from the ratepayers has been made to tin- Council asking them to take this step, and it i h a matter that will neee ■ itate the spending of the ratepayer-,' lnoniy in a way that will be most injudicious and usi-less. There is riot the slightest chance of Piirliatnent pushing such an Act, but all the same, the money, say LIOO, will be thrown away. This movement appears so extraordinary at the present time, when Mayor and Councillors have been declining they have no money to do the most necessary works, that one is tempud to auk: Is there anyone who has influence with the Council who bus -nine pai titular axi: to giind by carrying out this proposal I am, etc , Qit.iiist.