Tho Hutt River Board gives noticS that rates not paid by the end of this month will bo sued for. i ■ j Wherois tho real, magnificent luxury of tho past? Whero" aro : the -gardens of Sennramis or the . banquets' of tiicullus? Teapartios have replaced' 'the feasts, motor-cars tho - costly coa'chcs, ' cottages tho palaces, and taildr-ma^ld. v tlib costumes of.brocade and gold;, ' Nothing 'to'-dav recalls tho magnifio'enco'> 6f' the.. Italiaii Rfenaissanco or .of . Franco uiidor tho threo Louis. Modern wealth does'not 1 consist in possessing money, but in spending it.— VAlattmo," NaDies. . . ;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 120, 13 February 1908, Page 8
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