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to-*t-i mm ob—h-cr ie 555 *^* v _i_____k* ,^, *»^V^l__^^iik 1 _ss£===-== ~"~ treasure Trove MXLBOOR-I-. TCXaDAT. nrmcin, mm * TT happened nearly half a century ago. The barque "Fiji" iiter Fifty Tears. bound for Melbourne, ran ashore a few miles west of Cape relic or THI wrick or the Otway, and became a total wreck. Included in her cargo nM ' _r _t was a cons 'S nment °f Wolfe's Schnapps, one case of which was hurled ashore by the force of the waves well above high water _-*_$ _. mark. Here it remained on the lonely beach until the storms ____ ,l "V_r»_sr 4iHwam «_sai.£3 of years embedded it completely in the sand. I.ita s _in_bar of _oltls_ __• SKpsmkt Recently a landslip revealed its hiding place and its history, ggmaiM ttw Fiji wu «<«*•- tms f ortunate finder making the remarkable and very welcome — "" ' discovery .hat the contents had remained proof against Time and the Elements. _ ___ The "Fiji" has long since vanished from the eyes of men. Of her crew T "" ■"■ ' ' ■ ■ ■ who survived the perils of ship-wreck, few, if any, will have weathertd -"',",„ i ' ' ' _jT the passage of the years, but Wolfe's Schnapps is as vital a factor in the W ■"-•"ktt'TTV ' ="- : \ — _ Health and Comfort of the community to-day as it was 50 years ago. Ay n — Time has»made just this difference —whereas shipments of a few hundred "•* • cases f° rmer 'y met public requirements, the Demand for "Wolfe's" has _ rown to a degree represented by the present-day sales in Australia and New Zealand of over 1,000,000 bottles per annum! p^_fcu* s ' 'rag W ' " discovery of the lost case makes plain ~».-y^ 1^?S^~' one reason for the perennial popularity of AM

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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 15

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Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 15

Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 15