RUMORS FROM ABROAD.
j It is reported that a group of French-Swiss capitalists has formed a syndicate to construct seteral railways in South Russia, 'i he Ilussian minister of railways ■ prepared u timetable showing that when Trans-Siberian railway is fi bed :he journey around the world r >e made in 33 days. I ■ ace the Louisiana and Texas farm--1 b urned to raise rice by irrigation . • have invested $5,000,000 in 1,580 ■ w of canals, capable of flooding I : 't-r acres, and spent $1,700,000 in j ! •■ 10 modern rice mills. Under ■' system the rice lands pay a • ; t of sls an acre. , ... re now in Italy 3,179 kilome* tc -treet tramways worked by n:i b - :tl power, 203 kilometers of electricity, and the remain--11, r by steam power. They are (owned by 04 companies and private Icon-tus. The town of Milan owns i iv’iv sb. kilometers, while the two Is f companies control 261 and 205 k'b.n ciers respectively.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3529, 1 June 1905, Page 4
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158RUMORS FROM ABROAD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3529, 1 June 1905, Page 4
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