THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
MALAYAN VILLAGE SCENE.
She is lying on her back in the dust, her poor little head wedged between tne operator's knees. At the present stage of the proceedings he is chipping at the teeth with a chisel and a mallet. When those are no longer effective, lie will resort to a saw fashioned from a clockspring, and in the last instance to a tile. . . "Why this hideous and dangerous mutilation I The answer is that it is the immemorial tribal custom—upper jaw for girls, lower jaw for Hoys. There is no other answer, and the only reply you will ever receive to any questions on the subject you may be moved to put will be a humorous allegation that the practice is designed to prevent angry wives from biting their husbands.
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Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1930, Page 4
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137THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 6 March 1930, Page 4
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