INSANITARY MAORI PAS.

West Coast Times, 24 June 1912, Page 4

INSANITARY MAORI PAS.

IMPROVED STATE OF AFFAIRS.

GISBORNE, June 21

Following th(j recent report sent to j llio Hospital Board by the Inspector, Mr Yorke, in regard to the insanitary erudition ol Maori Pas, Mr Thehvall, Inspector of the Cook County Connell, reported to-day that during a visit to Wainni, his attention was called to a coffin which obviously contained human remains, and on reporting the matter been recently buried. It was very offensive, and he had it reinterred in the same plot. Ho understood tli.r, subsequently Mr Yorke discovered the rcnioins, and on reporting the matter to the Histrict Health Officer, he was instructed to exhume the body and bury it in a different sub-soil, not liable to exposure by storms. In reference to insanitary matters at Wainni, reported on previously, ho had to take legal proceedings in compel ibe (C-\;-piers anti owners in comply v.ii!i the' Public Health Act. I'envii linn ; acre obtained in each -erse, and Lucs inflicted by the Court. Sin.ro bis a. iicn

the necessary sanitary requirements had been carried out.