AN OFFICE MYSTERY.
A SECRET OF THE BOTTLE. The accountant of a prominent Christchurch warehouse became rather curious the other day when he espied a member of his staff hastily slip - a bottle into his pocket. He went back to his sanctum, but decided to make .a hasty visit shortly afterwards, when he discovered the clerk taking another "swig" from the bottle. The employee became a little embarrassed when questioned as to what he was drinking, but the accountant only smiled when he discovered that the "crime" consisted in the clerk taking a dose of Baxter's Lung Preserver to ward oflE a cold. The senior man commended the clerk on his good sense in taking precautions, but explained to him that he should not have been so secretive about Baxter's Lung Preserver is not only ! a splendid cough and cold remedy, but j it has unique tonic properties that help ,to build up the system. "Baxter's I routs the most stubborn chest cold or ! hacking cough in record time. Yon can J get a generous-sized bottle of "Baxter's" for 2s 6d. or the more economical familv size at 4s 6d. 0
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19032, 21 June 1927, Page 5
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191AN OFFICE MYSTERY. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19032, 21 June 1927, Page 5
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