HORROR OF HORRORS! PARIS, Oct. Id. I ndignatiiui, which is likely In he shaivd in England, is being aroused by ■he news that (lie Municipality of Venire has decided to build a bridge across the lagoon for molor Iraffiic to unnect with the mainland the dr, amy it; of silent canals.
At prevent the only road connect inn Venice has with the outside world is the 2.J miles long lailway viaduct. Mntorhts wish ing to reach Yenieo had to leave their ears at Fusion and cross
! tie lagoon by gondola. Arslists and admirers ot the unique • harms of Venice, which are its chief com me I'eia 1 asset, deplore the vandalisin' tendencies of the municipality, which, in its eagerness t,, increase the activities of the city, has alieady begun the eniisti iitinn of a large commercial port on tlie mainland side of the lagoon. when* smoking factories, docks,
| and railway sidings will soon disfigure j the horizon, while ii is expected, that much more shipping will pass-through 1 the city.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1921, Page 1
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