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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3334, 28 September 1911, Page 6

Nature appears to have singular methods of compelling adherence to her laws. A farmer on the Canterbury Plains, who has been a been observer of the mysterious ways by which results are achieved, expresses the opinion that the visitation of the grass grub has been a blessing in disguise, for the reason that their presence gave the soil a rest, and, he added, <£ l firmly believe that nature sends these pests as a means of introducing into the soil chemical qualities that materially tend towards great fertility and enrich the land in face of the almost direct opposition of the indifferent and unscientific agriculturists.” The recent death of a. woman who paid for her own funeral twenty years ago was the subject of an inquest at St. Luke’s Coroner’s Court, E.C. It was stated that the deceased woman, Elizabeth M. Chappell, aged 17, jm oldage pensioner, was very eccentric. Her favorite method of spending her time was in the various city churches. She never spent a moment out of church that she could help. -Twenty years ago she paid for her own funeral. The undertakers at first thought she was joking, but she insisted, and a legal contract to bury her was drawn up and signed. She always carried the contract about with her.

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