ASHE* OF DECEASED. SURPRISE FOR REGISTRAR. LONDON, March •>* "1 want a copy of a death certi-i----ente for the man sitting beside me. said a man in the office of the London registrar, indicating a chair on winch he~had placed a small brown paper parcel. “j'ur the man sitting there. Perhaps you’ve come to the wrong place, said the registrar in surprise. The applicant repeated his request, adding that the death was already registered. "Then he cannot he sitting there, retorted the registrar. The applicant then revealed a parcel which contained the ashes of the deceased and which lie was sending to relatives in the United States.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1923, Page 3
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106Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1923, Page 3
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