Burning of Mr J. W. Thomson's Effigy.
(UNITED PREfrS ASSOCIATION.) Port Chalmers, August 28. On the arrival of the Dunedin train last night at Clinton a coffin wan produced from the van, supposed to contain the body of the lion, member for Glutha. A buggy and pair, illuminated with torches and Chinese lanterns, and headed by a brass band, drove the supposed body to the cemetery. Here guard was kept by some stalwart settlers, who; when informed whose the remains were., refused them admission, on the ground that being those of a traitor ihey were not worthy of Christian burial. Tho corpse was then dipped m sheep dip, and taken back to thia twnahip, where, with all ceremony, it was burnt.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 233, 29 August 1884, Page 3
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121Burning of Mr J. W. Thomson's Effigy. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 233, 29 August 1884, Page 3
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