A Mahogany Roadway
One has been accustomed to put one's legs under mahogany but not often over it, but time advances and now it can be reasonably done as a road is being laid down by tbe Paris Munioipal Council. A portion of that almost interminable thoroughfare, the Rue Lafayette— that por- . Jksoo nearest to the Eastern of France terminus has been pulled i up, and workmen are laying down blocks of real Brazilian naahogmv of a peculiarly fine texture and color. It is'Confeseedly an experiin nt, as the mahogany ia dearer than the _ wojd|, i ,oi.Ofdinarily u«ed for the saifii'purpdse. Mahogany, however, is op> so dear rb it used to be. The actual cost of the new roadway will be 80f; a square metre, which is considerably less than £2 sterling a square-ywd' - -
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Manawatu Herald, 20 January 1894, Page 3
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134A Mahogany Roadway Manawatu Herald, 20 January 1894, Page 3
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