THE MELBOURNE CEMETERY.
Sensational Statements. ■' Press Association.— Telegraph.-^Copyrjght.. Received June 11, 10.25 a.m. MELBOURNE, Jung, 11. , i- At a meeting of the Board of Health sensational statements were made of :"the > overcrowded condition of the Melbourne General Cemetery. It is alleged that bodies were packed like on a battlefield owing to' the want of ground, and path- , ways are being torn up to make room for the graves. The drains were destroyed, and the water found its way to the' street and dairy cows drank it..
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10972, 11 June 1903, Page 5
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86THE MELBOURNE CEMETERY. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10972, 11 June 1903, Page 5
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