IN THE CEMETERY
Where do empty milk bottles in England go in the summer time—or the win. tor time for that matter? This question lias baffled dairymen at Gateshead for a considerable time. A dairyman in a large way of business in County Durham, stales that the bottles drift to tile cemetery. " These bottles cost us 3.jd each when bought by the single gross," he said. " The nominal charge of one penny on each bottle which is made to customers does not cover our outlay as you see. " I strolled into a churchyard recently, and was surprised to see a whole collection of my milk bottles on different graves; altogether J counted 27 bottles, and all were filled with flowers. But that is not all," he continued. "Only the other day I had occasion to call on one of my customers. And there, in the pantry window, 1 saw another collection of my milk bottles containing rice, tapioca, sago and suchlike."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21332, 5 November 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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161IN THE CEMETERY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21332, 5 November 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)
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