CANNOT BE BURIED
WOMEN’S WEDDING RINGS
POSITION EXPLAINED
(Per Press Association.)
WELLINGTON,- this day
In a question in the House of Representatives, Dr. D. # G. McMillan (Lab., Dunedin West) asked the Ministcr of Health whether he will take steps to ensure that the wedding rings of women who die in public hospitals are buried with them. The Hon. P. Fraser, in a written answer yesterday, replied that it is not agreed that the suggested step should bo taken. The personal property of a deceased person must be preserved and delivered to the cxcciy lor or administrator of the deceased’s estate, and under section 5 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Amendment Act, 1928, unclaimed personal property must be retained for at least two years before it is disposed of.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 12
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