Rarotonga
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A "Dead" Man Arises
Embarrassing Situation In Rarotonga
From Our Own Correspondent
T„ . Rarotonga, Feb. 15.
WO days ago a Rarotongan native was seriously ill, and when he sank into a state of coma his relatives thought he was dead.
As it is the usual custom, when some one dies, to have the burial the same day, immediate preparations were made for this man’s funeral. Being short of ready cash to buy the coffin, the family sold many of his personal effects.
Then he awoke to the music of the coffin makers, the wailing of his relatives, and the squealing of pigs being killed for the funeral feast.
He now is on the road to recovery and wondering what to do with a brand new coffin.
Jioni Toga, a native minister from Ton ga, is at present doing deputation work for the Methodist Mission in Sydney.