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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 179, 24 April 1908, Page 8

Tho wealth of the. Rothschilds at present ic estimated at £400,000,000, and isbefieved to have doubled within tho past twentv years. It is calculate! that in seventy ven-s more they, will possess £15,000,000 000 an amount' that can hardly bo . oonceived '

i He came down the Avenue on Frithv "Wanganui Chronicle'' reports, riding an unusually tall horse, and wtien opposite Leo and Bing's fruit shop, turned his. charger on to tho footpath and rode into tile shop Evi dcntly fruit was not tho object of his oiw" for he baeked.his horse ont of the building and rode along tho footpath to the adjoining shop (bpurdle and Bond's), which he and his horse gravely entered. The proprie tors' hair stood on.end as tho strange visi tors made their way between glass cases and rows of ironmongery till they ranged alongside the counter, where the horseman or dered two pick-handles. Oil supplying the desired articles the shopman opened tile back door and suggested that the horseman might like to turn his horse round in the back yard. "Oh, no; it's all right, thanks " replied the customer, who wheeled his gigantic animal round and rode out of the shop and up the street. The onlookers stood by oien-jnauihed with astonishment.