GRAVE DESECRATION.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —The last resting-place of tlie bones of poor humanity is sacred in the eyes of even the most uncultivated of mankind; yet, X am sorry to say, there are those amongst us who have so little perception of the proprieties of life as to permit things (which they might prevent) that shock our tenderest feelings. For some little time back I have observed with great pain that our cemetery has been made a playground for dogs. Some of these may have found their own way there ; others I know have not, having seen them following the footsteps of their owners. Noble and faithful animal as the dog is, I submit that a graveyard is not a seemly place in ■which he should be allowed to disport himself in the exuberance of his canine instincts—tearing up the newly-heaped mould on many a grave, sometimes scattering the heart’s offering of flowers of some sorrowing mother or sister. If I have succeeded in attracting the attention of half of those who have laid some friend or relative in our cemetery, I feel that I shall not have written this letter in vain.—l am, &c., A Mourner.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4142, 30 June 1874, Page 3
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