Dr. James J. Walsh, , in the May ' Dolphin,' vouches for tlie Catholicity 'Oil the late Jules Verne. When in France last summer he went to Amiens and paid a visit to the veneraJble French Novelist, then 76 years of age. Jule^ Verne spoke sympathetically about the condition of the French Ch/urch, and his wife Mmc, Verne, indignantly of the suppression of the religious Orders. The contrast between the early metnofls of breaking up the land and those in use to-day, is very great. From a. crooked stick, with which the surface of the ground was scratched, came the idea of hand ploughs, drawn by animals. Later the wheeled plough grew into general favor, and half a century ago came the mjouldboard ajid share plough. But m<any years have been required to evolve, from the clumsy methods at first in use, the Dresent practical system of pulverizing the land with a. Benicia Disc Plough.... You may talk about Niagara, And rave of quaint Japan ; Quote the Trans-Siberian railway As the greatest work of rran. Not c'en the greatest Colossiis ! Can smch pride of place secure, As the famous cough reliever Known as WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE,
PC% *P AJV HT T IT 1 Importer, Watchmaker, Manufacturing Jeweller, Medalist, etc. V'^vyw I . II HI ■LU LAMBTON QUAY, COLOMBO STREET, CHBISTCHURCH. LAfEST NOVELTIES AT LOWEST PRICES. WELLINGTON. Established ... 1875
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 25, 22 June 1905, Page 3
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226Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 25, 22 June 1905, Page 3
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