SKELETON IN BOX
CUSTOMS OFFICER SHOCKED SATISFACTORY EXPLANATION. LONDON, March 18. (Received March 19, at 0.15 a.m.) The Daily Mail’s Geneva correspondent states that a Swiss Customs officer at Basle was shocked on opening a long box to discover a human skeleton. 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. He was then in difficulty over the classification, eventually passing it as free under the heading of “ used goods.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21598, 19 March 1932, Page 11
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89SKELETON IN BOX Otago Daily Times, Issue 21598, 19 March 1932, Page 11
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