A DEAD COMPANION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 117, 15 May 1909, Page 4

A DEAD COMPANION.

CONSTABLE'S GRUESOME TASK*

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

WHANGAREI, May 14. Constable Douglas, of Hikurangf, had to perform a very gruesome task yesterday. The body of a Maori man: who had been dead' some time was found in a whare in -the heart of the? Puhipuhi bush. As other Maoris re-i fused to have anything to do with thei body, the constable had to carry it on; his saddle over four miles. A verdict was returned at the in* quest that the deceased died from want of nourishment. The Charitable)

Aid Board undertook the funeral.