! A member oi the Chinese " Soccer team, speaking at a gathering at Wanganui, said that China had great j resources in gold, >copper, and. coal. They bad sufficient'-'to supply the "whole 'world in coal for 400 years. The supply was not touched through lack of roads. 'They •were concentrating strongly on the highway schemes, ami . realised'tfie^immciise"-benefit ■'they"would ■ be to their country. . . • An- erstwhile-. "Wanganui resident, who recently-went across to Sydney, to live, has. written to a local friend'.stating',that;,-, as._ the result...of. an early : springy fruit'-and.(vegetables are. both cheap and plentiful there. A few of the.-prices he -mentions are: Peas and beans 7d per lb; new potatoes, 3d; strawberries, Is Gd per box; oranges, 24 for Is.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18150, 13 August 1924, Page 10
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