SALE OF BOTTLES

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15731, 26 October 1916, Page 11

SALE OF BOTTLES

£94 REALISED, For a considerable time past school children and others have been searching every nook and cranny of the city, gathering vast numbers of bottles of every description, to be 6old for the benefit of the Lady Liverpool Fund. Indeed, tho movement liaa spread far beyond Chnstchurch, sind from townships so far distant a& Domett truckloads are coming to iia.nd daily. The sorting and packing of these bottles—no easy task Las been carried out by a willing band of workers. Yesterday afternoon at Messrs A. E. Brown and Co.'s store in Lichfield street such multitudes of bottles as might well discourage a prohibitionist, were it not known tliat a great many of them were not guilty of having previously contained alcoholic liquors, were on view, and a part of the huge stock was disposed of by auction. Although it is to bo regretted that more of the publio were not present, yet the gathering of buyers, if not numerous, was representative, and' bids came freely, the whole sale, which was a groat success, being concluded in about three-quarters of an hour. The auctioneer, Mr E. Orchard, opened tho proceedings by putting up for sale a tiny bottle of about half an inch in length: This was sold and re-sold several times', being finally knocked down to Mr Nat "Woods, after realising in all four guineas. selling was then proceeded with. A line of beer bottles fetched 2s 3d per dozen, a good start. Next came whisky bottles at Is Od per dozen, while Gome limejuice bottles reached 2s Bd, medicine bottles Is, Jeyes fluid -Id, small cseenoe of lemon 7d, and so on. What is believed to bo a record for the Dominion was tho sale of about 200 dozen beer bottles to Messrs Ward and Co. for 2a 7d per dozen. < A tremendous "stout" bottle, the com? panion" of the tiny one first sold, was bought for Cs, and is to bo, re-sold. Tho proceeds of the sale amounted altogether to £94 3s, on excellent result, taking into consideration the fact that the bottles were a very mixed lot. numbers of them being ink, essence, and other each small fry. As practically all tho work in connexion with the collecting, sorting, carting, etc., was done free of chargo, it is thought that the* amount realised will be a net profit. This is only the first 6alo, and though it might appear that the ChTistchurch bottle supply bad been nearly exhausted, we were assured that this vast collection did not represent even the bulk of those to be disposed of. Four depots have been established at St. Albans for the receipt of empty bottles. They are as follows: —-Messrs F. W. Collms, 74 EdgewaTe road; R. J. Eckroyd, corner of Cranford street and Westminster street; T. H. Jenkins, Springfield road; and P. McCallum, corner Edgeware road and Fitzgerald street.