CREMATION REFUSED
“A proposal that victims of _ aerial bombardments be cremated ‘in the interests of hygiene’ was turned down by the Chungking Government as ‘incompatible with the filial piety of the Chinese people,’” says Zealandia. the, Roman Catholic newspaper. “Instead the bureau for the relief of victims o£ air raids is providing burial sites for future victims of Japanese bombsiEach plot will accommodate 500 dead. The graves will be marked with a cross bearing the name, age and place of death.” £
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24423, 8 October 1940, Page 8
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81CREMATION REFUSED Otago Daily Times, Issue 24423, 8 October 1940, Page 8
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