FROM SWITZERLAND.
Til© latest electric railway planned in Switzerland is from Interlaken to St. Beatenbarg. Geneva is trying- to attract sinful tourists. It is announcing- that bacca nt may be played for unlimited s (ikes in the Kur Saalhereafter. Zurich, in Switzerland, seems to h ive more clubs in proportion to its j rmlailon than any other city. In 1 .i'S the number was 534, but this had increased to 771 in 1901.
The first men to ascend Mount Blanc were BaJmat and Paccard in 1786. They aniued the prize offered 26 years be£i re by Saussure for so doing. At present an average of 50 parties climb it annually.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3567, 31 August 1905, Page 4
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110FROM SWITZERLAND. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3567, 31 August 1905, Page 4
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