DEAD MAN'S ASHES.
An unusual request was made a few weeks ago in a South London register office by a man carrying a small box wrapped in brown paper which he placed on a chair beside him. "I want a copy of the death certificate for the man sitting beside me," was the .request. "For the man sitting beside you, replied the registrar. "I don't understand you; perhaps you have come to the wrong place." • "No, I have not," replied the man. "I want a copy of the death certificate for John McMillan, whose death was registered some days ago." '•Then he is not sitting beside you, is he?" said the registrar with a smile. "Yes he is," replied the man, and he indicated the parcel on the chair which he said contained the ashes of John McMillan, which he was going to send to his relatives in the United States with a copy of the death certificate. He was given the copy.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17760, 11 May 1923, Page 5
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