STORY OF A SKULL
Sir, — Reference in Monday’s Sun to a human skull being found in a rubbish tip at Suva reminded me that when I took over the “Eltetahuna Express” in 1901, a human skull, resting on a top shelf, was part of the “plant.” The local doctor came in one day and examined it, expressing the belief that it was that of a Moriori (Chatham Islands native). I said: “I think I'll throw it on the rubbish heap.” He advised me not to do so, as it would he valued in a museum. Later Mr. C. A. Strack, headmaster of the Hawera School, paid me a friendly call, and said he would appreciate the skull for his school museum. I handed it over willingly. I failed to ascertain how the relic got to the office. J. H. CLARIDGE.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 452, 6 September 1928, Page 8
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140STORY OF A SKULL Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 452, 6 September 1928, Page 8
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