RUMORS FROM ABROAD.
It ia reported that a group of Prench-Swisa capitalists has formed a syndicate to construct several railways in South Eussin.
The KussLan minister of railways has prepared a timetable showing that when the Trans-Siberian railway is finished the journey around the world can be made in 33 days.
Since the Louisiana and Texas farm■«ra learned to raise rice by irrigation ■ they hare invested $5,000,000 in 1,580 miles of canals, capable of flooding ; 300,000 acres, and spent $1,700,000 in k building 30 modern rice mills. Under i the new system the rice lands pay a * net profit of sls an acre. There are now In Italy 3,179 kilometers of street tramways worked by mechanical power, 363 kilometers of these by electricity, and the remainder by steam power. They are . owned by 64 companies and private concerns. The town of Milan owns only 5% kilometers, while the two largest companies control 261 and 205 kilometer* respectively.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3611, 13 February 1906, Page 4
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157RUMORS FROM ABROAD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3611, 13 February 1906, Page 4
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