100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE

I NOTICE that interest has been aroused in England by the revived use of the, and chalk and clay. As a resident of Queensland, may I point out that in the State mud buildings have been in use since the early days. The method has been crude, without coat after setting, but very successful. I send you a photograph I took some time ago. It shows the ruins of the old Royal Hotel at Eulo on the Paroo Rover—600 miles west of Brisbane. This building, which was about twelve rooms and was roofed with galvanised iron, was built of mud from the banks of the river. It burnt in 1903 and, though the timber was consumed, the walls have defied the heavy rains and intense heat.—