Cremation in Spain.
Cremation has just been made legal in Spain, where hitherto it has been prohibited as incompatible with tho religion of the country. The reform (says the “Pall Mall Gazette” correspondent) is based upon sanitation. In the decree just issued by the Queen Regent sanctioning the erection of a cremation in Madrid it is stated that this departure from traditional modes of burial is actuated by hygonic considerations which can no longer bo waived or neglected.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 14 November 1901, Page 4
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78Cremation in Spain. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 14 November 1901, Page 4
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