A STRANGE DESIRE
SCIENTIST AND HIS REMAINS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, June 26. “That my body be cremated, and the ashes not preserved, but disposed of by the crematorium, or be used, by any of my trustees or others to fertilise their potatoes,” was the grim instruction embodied in the will of James Christie, 1 a retired schoolmaster and scientist. He stated that he did not wish anyone to u%st© time attending his funeral—it would d-o no good to anyone, and the absence of the usual fcarnalities would give poor Mr and Mrs Grundy something to talk about.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11249, 29 June 1922, Page 6
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100A STRANGE DESIRE New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11249, 29 June 1922, Page 6
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