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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
2
A column of light humor and quick exchanges features Ostend quips about drinking and fish, a cynic’s question on fastest car versus slowest, Miss High School and algebra jest, tenants and ten aunts puns, Mrs Trippe and furniture instalments, Mrs Craven and multiple husbands, ending with a tease about being well brought up.
Australia enjoys a bumper season with rising prosperity yet faces fire risks. Hicks' Fire Fighter, a 100 gallon tank vehicle with pumps and hoses, is praised as essential for farms and stations. The unit, built by T H Hicks of North Botany, has won top honours and is sold for 120 pounds.
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