Alexandra Tea Rooms Opens High Class Café
Begs to inform the public that the Alexandra Tea Rooms have opened as a high class cafe serving meals. Breakfast runs 7:30 to 9:30 with hot luncheon options from 1 to 1 1/3.
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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
4
Begs to inform the public that the Alexandra Tea Rooms have opened as a high class cafe serving meals. Breakfast runs 7:30 to 9:30 with hot luncheon options from 1 to 1 1/3.
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A new German novelty for the home resembles a tea strainer. The lower hemispherical section holds the yolk while white passes through two long slits into a glass. After each use the yolk must be moved to another receptacle before the next egg is treated.
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In winter camps Canadian woodsmen host hedgehogs as unlikely house cleaners. Hedgehogs enter to eat grease spills from pork and beans dishes, gnawing away grease-soaked floor while the camp is deserted. On return, the man enjoys a cleaner cabin until next departure.
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