TIMARU CEMETERY BOARD.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11985, 6 February 1903, Page 4

TIMARU CEMETERY BOARD.

The annual meeting of the Tirnaru Cemeterv Boar.i was held in the Council Cham-

bers on Wednesday- Present —Messrs J. Jackson. E.evien. Harney. Wray. and Cap-

tain Sutter. Mr John Jackson was reelected chairman, for the ensuing year. The bab.uce-sheet shewed receipts to have been : Balance a: Bank of New Zealand cu Jauuarv Ist. 1902. £57 8s Sd; sale of plots. iISO Ick": digging graves. £lO9 ; erecting kerb, lis & • on fixed ae " pwh, £279 10s ; interest orfifiW deposit, £l6 12s 6d; mi«cellar.eou'. £2 10s > C:>t«'£646 10s S.i. ExpcL.<iitu;c—Fixed deposit.£25; sexton's salarv. £108: extra labour.

jp'tl 14s ; tools and* material. £l3 lis s<l: asphalt,- £25 lis 61; carting. £2_ Is; water str>»ly. £ls 3s 3d : see. 1 - ~£ c< lOd; caring. £1 0>: of l M; i. £329 lis 3d J and fidelity bond. £1 10s cu; •'"'., l: ter.t insurance. 17s 9d; statwnerr_ 2s Si; dstleal work (!-.vo yoa-a-). £>!>; bank charge.--. 10s; balance at b..--.i. December 31st. ISC?. £3l 15s 6d.

T\ c T-.li'.cuat on fixed dep-nt r.-as fi1750. 'On the motion of Mr Rainey. seconded hy Captain Sutter. the balance-sheet was adopted. Mr Wrav was asked t> see Archdeacon Harper in" reference to adding the three remaini-- blocks to the part already held bv t'.ie Caurch of England. "Tenders for paint kg and repairs at the caretaker's coUage and at the mortuary ■chapel were received as follows :—J. Mara, 242 4s Id; R. Edwards. £33 15s; and T. TV. Fvfe, £35: r.:.d that of the lastnamed ns accepted. The 'notion, notice of whkh had been given V Mr YTray. that the resolution passti on September 6th. 1901. be rescinded, was seconded by Mr Harney and •carried. At that meetkg a letter was read from the Rev. J. sf. Buttle, and supported 'hy the Ten. Archdeacon Harper and the 3Jiv. G. Burgess, asking the Board to Enforce additional fees with a view of checking Sunday funerals, as it interfered ■"with the clergy's work -on that day, and the Board passed the folio vmg lesolution, " Tnat the Cemetery Board does not see its way to enforce the additional fees, Mid they consider the matter rests with the clergymen to acquaint their congregations with the necessity of not selecting Sunday if it can be "prevented, for interments, as it added to the work they have to perform on that day." Mr Wray spoke against the practice of holding funerals on Sun- ! day, and. thought it was the duty of the i Cemetery Board to discountenance Sunday ' funerab" except on occasions of necessity. Mr Levien was not in favour of SundEy ■ lunerals; but Captain Sutter doubted •whether the Board had "power to prevent iuMrals being held on Sunday. The sexton (Mr Drake) explained That" the ministers ■ ilid riot mean to shirk their responsibilities, "but often there had been no funerals during the week and as .-many as three on a ■Sunday. In the winiar, bodies have been Itept even from, Tuesday till Sunday, so as to secure a large attendance. Mr ;3noved—'" That in order to discourage the practice of holding funerals on Suniiays, the fees Toe raised 55." The .motion was seconded by Mr Levien, and •carrati. A vote of thanks to the chairman ter.min&ced the meetirg.