BRITISH WAR DEAD
EXHUMED AND REINTERRED. PROPERTY-OWNER'S OBJECTION. TO PRESENCE OF A CEMETERY. United rress Assn.—Elec. Tel.— Copyright. (Received March JO, 9.1 a.m.) LONDON, March 0. Four hundred and eighty bodies of British and Dominion soldiers, including 128 Australians and 35 New Zealanders have been removed from ihe war cemetery in Ploeg Street, Belgium, and reinterred half a mile away. The Sunday Times says (he owner of the original burial place, wishing to rebuild his home, objected to a cemetery within.his grounds as detracting li'om the amenities of ihe property, and he refused to sell Ihe land. This is the only ease out of IC>2 war cemeteries in Belgium where any difficulty lias arisen. The High Commissioners, in fad knowledge of the regrettable situation, approved of Ihe exhumation and reburial which were accomplished with the utmost care and reverence.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17965, 10 March 1930, Page 7
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