CARGO OF BONES.
I ' - CHINESE PHANTOM SHIP. LONDON, April 30. ' If there was ever a phantom ship it should be one which will leave Sa.u Pedro, for China next month. It will carry on« of the most gruesome ca-rgoee •an record. The vessel will be loaded -with the ibones sand earthly of -nearly every Chinaman who has died in Southern California during the last 50 years. Nfwry a 'y<M.r ago the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association began to collect tie remains from the ohurcbyards all over the conn try, but the preparations were carried on so quietly that no public interest was exciU'd. The bones of a'hout 0,000 Chinamen have now beeii recovered, wrapped up in pieces of .soft cloth, placed in boxes, and carefully scaled. The remains wilt bp re-interred in China.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 107, 6 May 1913, Page 2
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