RAVAGES OF WARFARE.
DEVASTATION IN FRANCE. WORK OF RECONSTRUCTION. CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS MADE By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received 5.35 p.m.) A. aiid N.Z. PARIS, Dec. 1. Since the armistice 541,000 buildings have been restored in the devastated areas of France. A length o"f 26,583 miles of roadway and 1183 miles of railroads have been reconstructed and 5,000,000 acres of land have been put again under cultivation. Nevertheless a period of five years will be required completely to wipe out the ravages of warfare. The work of restoration has cost, so far, 70 milliards of francs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19501, 3 December 1926, Page 13
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93RAVAGES OF WARFARE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19501, 3 December 1926, Page 13
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