SLEEPS IN COFFIN
DIVER WANTS NO TROUBLE DARWIN, February 18. Darwin’s cosmopolitan population includes many strange characters, but probably the most bizarre is an old Filipino pearl diver, who sleeps in his own coffin. He is an old-aged pensioner, and is deeply religious. He live£ in a humpy on the outskirts of the town. He occupies his spare time construct- 1
ing a pretentious coffin, so that he will not cause trouble to the authorities when he dies. He sleeps in the coffin when he feels sick, changing over to a bed when he recovers. This treatment seems to be conducive to longevity, for he has outlived his contemporaries.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 February 1937, Page 12
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