AKATARAWA CEMETERY.

Upper Hutt Weekly Review, Volume I, Issue 20, 1 May 1936, Page 4

AKATARAWA CEMETERY.

A letter in our Correspondence Column of March 20th by "Ratepayer," complaining of the neglected and untidy state of the cemetery—the last resting place of some of our splendid pioneers—has been the means presumably of prompting the Works Committee to action. We understand a visit to the cemetery will be undertaken by this alive body, who will make an inspection of the burial ground and report at the next meeting of the Council (unless as sometimes happens a resolution is forgotten, pigeon-holed or otherwise disposed of). The Works Committee are .asked to report upon cleaning' the grounds and footpaths and how best to arrange a water supply. We believe Councillor Keys has moved in the matter and therefore with assistance from members of the Works Committee we look forward to this report, after which we shall, possibly, look further forward and wait the time when these improvements are an accomplished fact. It seems a pity and a waste of Councillors' valuable time that they should have to be gathered together and transported to the cemetery (alive) and brought back again (still alive) to compile a REPORT! What a task—what a word! What an excuse for the ineptitude of statesmen, politicians, commissions and Borough Councillors. Wait! Taihoa! Is it possible there might be an employee of the Council who could make tidy this picturesque God's acre if told to do so or a local, plumber -who could make a tap ?