MAORI SKELETON.
SWISS OFFICIAL PUZZLED. CLASSED AS " USED GOODS." (Receiver] March 18, 11.55 p.m.) LONDON,. March 18. The Geneva correspondent of the Daily Mail says a Swjss customs officer at Baslo was shocked on opening a long box to discover a human skeleton inside. Suspecting a crime he excitedly demanded the owner's explanation and it, was a long time before he was convinced that the skeleton was that, of a primitive Maori. The officer was then in a difficulty over the classification of (he skeleton. Eventually he passed it as free under the heading of "used goods."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 11
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97MAORI SKELETON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21136, 19 March 1932, Page 11
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