TOMB SPECULATORS
SHORTAGE OF VAULTS IN ROME. (Rec. September 25, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 24. Tho "Daily Express’s" Romo coiTespntndont says it is customary to bury tho dead in the Roman district in brick vaults belonging to tho . municipality. Owing io tho building ctAis there is now a serious shortage of vaults, and onsiness has sprung up to provide so-called boardinghouses for tho dead. Speculators secure rights to use largo existing OTO 8 capable of holding fifteen to twenty bodies. Hearing of a death, they bargain with tho relatives, offering a place in the tomb for £3O to £4O. The.relatives generally pav rather then have the body tying for months in a morhmrv ohanel until the municipality build more vaults.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 1, 26 September 1921, Page 5
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122TOMB SPECULATORS Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 1, 26 September 1921, Page 5
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