Nearly 1000 Roman coins have been unearthed in a meadow on the outskirts of l'oolo Dorset,) during (lie laying of ti water main. A similar discovery was made near the same spot a century ago. £400,000 WACJK HILL NEYV ZEALAND INDUSTRY. A new conception of the size of Commercial Afforestation in New Zealand is given by the following statement by N.Z. Perpetual Forests Ltd. “Although only planting since 1925, the company Itas already paid out to workers over £400,000 in wages. These figures of course do not include wages for the clerical and executive side, of tho business. “In addition lo this Iromendous sum paid out in wages, over £2''o.ooo has been spent in the purchase of commodities, food, implements, tools, etc., the production of which has created employment in gther spheres.”*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 12
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