IN THE OLD WORLD.
The average size of a farm in North Italy i« but 16 acres; while in starving Southern Italy farms vary from 40 to 180 acres.
Italy’s congress is composed of two bodies, but in the lower house there are 508 members, chosen by the people, while the senate does not consist of a fixed number, varying from 200 to 300. The Italian senators are chosen by the king and hold office for life. There is no pay for any of the national legislators and all they get in recognition of their office is free transportation on the railroad#.
Germany is the home of toy manufacturing, and recent statistics show that 41,600 persons derive their living from that employment. Sonneberg produce# half the toys made in Germany, blit the industry is scattered through Waterhauscn, Friedricksroda, Ohrdruf, Hruenau, Hilderghausen, Schlensinger and Coburg and other towns from the Black Forest to the Palatinate and the Sudetic mountain#. The value of the product which i# mainly sent to Great Britain and th© United State# is $12,000,000.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3608, 9 December 1905, Page 4
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176IN THE OLD WORLD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3608, 9 December 1905, Page 4
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