RUMORS FROM ABROAD.
It is reported that a group of French-Swiss capitalist* has formed 11.',',I I .',', a syndicate to construct several railways in South llusaia. The Russian minister of railway* has prepared a timetable ahowihgthat when the Trans-Siberian railway ii ■ finished the journey around theymrid . ' can l>e made in 33 days. Since the Louisiana and Texas farm' i' j ( ers learned to raise rice by irrigation they hare invented $5,000,000 in 1,580 mill s of canals, capable of flooding SOO.OOO acres, and spent $1,700,000 in b’lildiii" 30 modern rice mills. Under the new system the rice lands pay a net profit of sls an acre. There are now in Italy 3,179 kilome* ters of street tramways worked by meei'aircai power, 203 kilometer* of , i these by electricity, and the remainder by steam power. They are owned by 04 companies and private concerns. The town of Milan own* only .V/, kilometers, while the two largest companies control 261 and 205 kilometers respectively.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3594, 4 November 1905, Page 4
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161RUMORS FROM ABROAD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3594, 4 November 1905, Page 4
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