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Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 738, 11 June 1907, Page 7

At least 1-50,000 mechanics are engaged in the work of rebuilding San Franc isc-o. Xonc. of the automatic postage stain]) machines hare been found satisfactory. For an exceptionally fine Strad riolin, dated 1684, £000 was paid at Messs Glendining's auctioiv^gTlleries, liondon. The instrument, which is known as the Somes Strad, possesses a very fine tone, and is said to have cost the vendor £1000. A company has been formed to erect in Berlin and suburbs about 100 kiosks equipped with telephones, directories, writing material, and automatic machines for the sale of post cards and stamps. Licensed messengers on motor bicycles will be in attendance. A handsome tablet has been unveiled at the Pembi'oke Congregational Chapel, Clifton, Bristol, to the memory of Mrs Luke, authoress of the well-known hymn 'I think when I read that sweet stovy of olcl.' Mrs Luke was tho wife of The first pastor of the church.