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His Bottle! In France in 1917 Jack Percy was issued with an Army waterbottle, and he scratched his initials on it—“J.P., I’.S.A.A.E.F., France.’’ In New Guinea the other day Percy asked a friend for a drink and was handed the same bottle! Longest Vine?
Not. that it matters much, but, who has the longest, vine in the world? Adorning the office building of an Adelaide tin-can factory is one which is 283 ft long, SO years old. gives 35cwt
of lady’s finger grapes each year, and in five years its ends will meet at the back. It was planted when the building was the country home of a wellknown Adelaide family. One Of Those Things War creates some queer shortages. Australian players of the clarinet, oboe, bassoon and Cor Anglais have been worried ever since France fell because France was the place their reeds came from. One of the clan began to inquire among those who know about reeds, and he has now picked on Arundo Donax, a reed which grows best in South Australia. Experiments suggest that Arundo is the answer to the reed-players’ prayers.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32303, 23 August 1943, Page 7
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189ITEMS OF INTEREST Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32303, 23 August 1943, Page 7
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