SYMONDS STREET CEMETERY
Sir, —I think the City Council's idea in regard to the Symonds Street cemetery should receive general support. A nicely-laid-out park would in no way disturb our ancestors' remains. The park could be divided into square chain plots and a small cenotaph erected in the centre of each with the names, ago and date of burial inscribed on each. On several visits lately I have failed to find a relative's'grave, and I suppose tho same would apply to 50 per cent of the younger generation to-day. In its neglected state the cemetery is very unsightly; nobody cares to visit it, and its gloomy surroundings leave one much depressed. Why not make the place brighter and more attractive? As for our ancestors may I quote: Let me slumber in the hollow where the wattle blossoms wave, With never stone or rail to fence my bed. Should the sturdy station children pull the wild flowers o'er my grave, I may chance to hear them romping overhead. V. L. Jackson.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23115, 13 August 1938, Page 19
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170SYMONDS STREET CEMETERY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23115, 13 August 1938, Page 19
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