CREMATION OF BODY
HINDU CUSTOM FOLLOWED CEREMONY ON RIVER BANK [BY TELKGRAFH —PREBS ASSOCIATION] WANGANUI, Friday The body of Kehar Singh, who was killed by a landslide which overwhelmed an Indian scrubcutters' camp at Okirae station on Wednesday, was cremated according to Hindu custom on the banks of the Wangaehu River this morning in the presence of a small gathering of Indians, Maoris \nd Europeans. A pyre 7ft. high was constructed and the body, on a bier of green willow, was placed on it. Foodstuffs were then distributed and also the contents of a box of butter. More wood was piled on, and after a chaplain had read the services a son of deceased lit the pyre. The ashes will be brought to Wanganui and distributed in the sea before noon on Sunday.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22356, 29 February 1936, Page 14
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