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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4295, 2 March 1901, Page 7 (Supplement)

| The Great Southern and Western Railway Company of Ireland has an- [ nouncad that in' consequence of the greatly increased' cost of Wrking_ the I company ■ -lias bean obliged to reduce its train mileage. The company regrets that such step is necessary;' but says that, haring regard to shareholders’ interests, no other- coarse iva-s open. ' - One of the- largest 'collieries in the Wigan district was stopped a short time recently owing to a singular cause.; The pumps ceased working, and bn an examination 1 beingnns.de it'was'fbtmtl that an eel two'feet six inches in length had been drawn up the .-water pipe and caught in the “clack” of the pinup. The Jewish Year Book estimates that there are in the world 11,000.000 of that rs.es, more than half being under If-;-dan jurisdiction.