WHERE ANCESTORS COME IN. It would appear that when some irresponsible native meets with an accident on the railway line in China through trespassing, or through not exercising proper caution at a level crossing, it is customary for his fel-low-villagers to stop the next train, bombard it with stones, and extort compensation from the unlucky travellers. The wily Celestial who worships his ancestors is not above making a pecuniary profit out of his dead, and it is stated that in more than one case a corpse has been placed upon the railway metals sq that it might be run over and compensation claimed from the railway authorities for the alleged fatality.—! " Railwaj; Magazine,.'* < WANTED —Visitors to Te Kuiti to call at the Arcadia Dining Rooms. Good Table, 3 courses for Ib.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 244, 23 March 1910, Page 4
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