|, - - —; — —- g . : — —-T-t- "... 12; The Visiting-Fleet and The Visit To By croft's . 1 During the historical Week closing to-day thousands of I delighted visitors sau) His Majesty's Fleet and great numbers I 1 took the opportunity of visiting and inspecting Ijj and saw the processes of milling "SNOWDRIFT" I Flour from the choicest wheats procurable. i They saw how By croft's Biscuits are made —also from j --- the best and choicest ingredients. | The Fleet was supplied with ONE ON of Bycroft I Biscuits, in Hygienic packets. I ■nt inr >n< in . , 9 I Ask your Grocer about , , I SNOWDRIF T y B][SCfJITS :
■ MW-MMiLMJUMiMmwaMMMMiiMJMUMiwiJiMUMMMMWBM™ ■■—— mi iHIIIII 111 lIWIIIIIIPBII ■ IIHIIIIII Mil Hill 111111 iTllf UTIIHTI rTWWT jmilWH'W 1111 f^l ' msars mgpa >(&w FACES. ' ' -' MELBOURNE, TUESDAY. |.' 5 ' : ' ] '•""" m mm.» IT happened nearly half a century ago. The barque Fiji"^ bound for Melbourne, ran ashore a few miles west of Cape: , - re lic of THB wFtecK op thb Otway, and became a total wreck. Included in her cargo Fiji- m was a consignment of Wolfe's Schnapps, one case of which was «S the hurled ashore by the force of the waves well above high water SrVijf, ooJic®4^ lt Lw33iip, «ad o* ia- mark. Here it remained on the lonely beach until the storms m£S tkt^wSwr W^ *t»os«S£ of years embedded it completely in the sand. quite a number of bottles. The capiralsa • < IMrtSk 5 is St • Recently a landslip revealed its hiding place and its history, the Fiji was wwA«d Mtt the fortunate finder making the remarkable and very welcome ■ ■ — discovery that the contents had remained proof against Time and the Elements. 7 „ ~ _ The "Fiji" has long since vanished from the eyes of men. Of her crew i ~ — who survived the perils of ship-wreck, few, if any, will have weathered I-—- —""""i—- ■»"— •-— —— the passage of the years, but Wolfe's Schnapps is as vital a factor m e r"j=L..- r —_ - . ? Health and Comfort of the community to-day as it was 50 ycars^agOn -A v — Time has made just this differencewhereas shipments of a few un ec - j r-- cases formerly met public requirements, the Demand for Wo s as ( grown to a degree represented by the present-day sales in Aits Aan • New Zealand of over 1,000,000 bottles per annum! • . ; tj I v. The discovery of the lost case makes plain . .. . . ' one reason for the perennial popularity of 111 \ c v ' Wolfe's Schnapps —the unchanging excellence ; " ** of the contents of every bottle. Tfraigi
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 17
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