The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 931, 10 April 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1879.

TttK body 06 the late Mr. Ctotdammor wsu* brought down from-Waimatir ti)-(fcvyen rowtn for Duue.tin. where ill is- b«in£ taften for mternmn*. J* order to wdieve a heavy tram bhu uovored van ia which the body wiw buinif careisd was ceuiovsd. and the friends of tll« deueiwed man were t» tae; act of tmiißferring th« coffin from that -eehwle to the mail van. with the concurrence at the «n«uspeuti njf unil too obtigimf mail ran gaaetk when several 06 the passengers emphaKtcalty protested: that it such a proossding- were perrnittiui they would t«a*e the train. The protests had the dusisud effect,, and the cotfift was once mora restored to «ho covered wagon. and left behind for the following tram.. Our realtors will not be surprised! at the objection being raised by the puwwttgei'3 when we state that the late Sir. tlotdamme*di«dof typhoid fever of a virulent type. At litaeS.. those who oinjlds to know anil who are thoroughly reliable'say so. Some peopta might ridicule vnv fears, aad ailmonish u* not to believe that sEi\ died or typlioid fever | until we had beard it from anybody but thoso who havs informed us.. Su«h woulil aot hslieve it imtil the body had spread its uoatagion-t bu« «rp prefer beititf on th» safe side. JSeliabW 'Wiumate rosidentstettus that it wi» typhoid, and. huiging from the indignatiott of a anmber of railway passengsrs we are not singular in beli»vvng that such was the case. We Uavo nothing; to say against the conveyance of corpses- by railV but the** sioul't be tv special carriage set aside for sttcA a parpose, tt i# certainly th«i heijtht of fotty to iliiuu tUo eoejww of * man- waollas dieii from typhoid few, aUSbpugh. it may Be ift a sh«tk iu any conveyance that i* to' be used tor other pnraoses. HwppoeiMt that tfeers were any exudation* from the bwly. th»y would be'lort ftpduv th» Hoor of the trvwt h* which the fcbody nomif lies, sitgivr or oth*r articles of food having a penetrable covering migllt be tainted,, and we peed not detail what the result might be. Pwopte ajfs in,*dinod to pooh-pooh aa inftustious disease•ntil they are wfthi» itsmesaflS. It s*said that the Cadets of thi» tow* mm t* samt fadcts from Tlman* aft Wahnat* morrow. SttMaV id oattst W «■■«•«■**.' 'Chose in authority «wur th* Catfsta wo«M nsvsr be so" ftwffiawfcf** «» propew suclsa thing just now, and\, dfal w th«

parents* and guardians of the boys woold not listen to a proposal. We entreat th# paMk to wwrdae the greatest care at th«prM«ct|ttßc«wf». It»too fete to be on tlt« akrt when death is •tatting tfarowgb <mr stewto. and spreading H» dire effects thickly around us.