The clergyman tfho proposed to evade the "Workmen's Compensataon Act by allowing his parishioners to dig their own graves —or, to be more accurate, to allow their relatives to engage someone to do it for them —lias been sharply brought to book. He is told that' to permit any parishioner to dig a grave would be impracticable, and would be sure to lead to burial scandals. Gravedigging, it is said, to be successful, requires practice, and cannot be done by the man in the street. Apparently there is nothing for it but to insure the regular grave-digger. —London "Daily Telegraph."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 June 1907, Page 1
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