Burning in Effigy.
[Per Press Association.) Dunedin, August 29. On arrival of the Dunedin train at Clinton last night a coffin was produced from the van supposed to contain the body of the member for Clutha. A buggy and pair, illuminated by torches and Chinese lanterns, and headed by a brass band, drove the supposed body to the cemetery. Here a guard was kept by some stalwart settlers, who refused them admission on the ground that the body, being that of a. traitor, was not worthy of Christian burial. The corpse was then dipped in sheep dip and taken back to the township, where with all ceremony it was burnt.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 222, 29 August 1884, Page 2
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110Burning in Effigy. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 222, 29 August 1884, Page 2
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