An extraordinary addition has been made ' to* the exhibition 'of inventions no w being ! hold in Berlin. A shoemaker named Weg- • tier, living in Ktrasburg, has sent' in a clock • of the grandfather shape, nearly 6ft high, . mad"' entirely of straw. The. _ wheels, i pointers, ease, and every detail is exelii--1 'lively of stnnv. Wegner has taken 15 ■ years to construct, this strange piece of [ mechanism. i It . keeps perfect time, but under the most favourable circumstances I cannot last longer than, two years.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 5 (Supplement)
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84Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 5 (Supplement)
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