A few days ago some people on the Aramoho bridge, near Wanganui, were surprised to see a coffin floating placidly down the river. It is presumed that it was a coffin containing the remains of a Maori dislodged from some burial ground upriver. No doubt it has been washed out to sea, where it would soon be knocked to pieces by the waves. Some years ago a sup at a Maori cemetery upriver left the end of a coffin sticking out on the face. Later a swarm of bees found a convenient hive in the coffin, and, as none took a particular liking to the honey, the bees remained in possession of their I unusual home for years.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 295, 4 July 1929, Page 2
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