DEAD BUT WOULD NOT LIE DOWN
Tangi Upset By Revival Of Corp se | WIIAiXGARET, lasl night. The body was made >ready for interment, 'wrealhs we^e ordiered, funeral arrangements were made, and enoug'h food was ordered for a big tangi, but the corpse was not complacent when he opened his eyes and found the people mourning his death. This was the experience of a Maori well known in Mangonui County. He had been ill for some timo, and when he lapsed into a coma on Suiulay afternoon his relatives thought he was dead. Accordingly • arrangements" were made for burial. They were relieved more than two and a-half hours later to find that the "deeeased" was not dead. It was stated to-day that since tlie occurrence the man's condition had improved, but he was still ill. | A Kaitaia doctor said he had heard of a person being in such a condition that othef people thought he was dead, but cases of a similar nature ' wex-e very uncommon. He did not ! know of any previous occurrence like this in New Zealand.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5304, 17 January 1947, Page 4
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178DEAD BUT WOULD NOT LIE DOWN Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5304, 17 January 1947, Page 4
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