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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 275, 9 August 1878, Page 15

A company has been formed for the purpose of carrying on the Age newspaper, Dunedin. This newspaper bears a high repute and is now firmly established. Shareholders are sure of a profitable investment, and may enjoy besides the certainty that they are possessed of a most useful and creditable journal. A safe investment for capital, with a certainty of obtaining a high rate of interest on it now offers in the Otago Slate Company. Tbe quarry, which produces slates of the best quality, contains an unfailing supply, and is a property that will yearly increase in value. Tile body of Saint Alphais, a shepherdess, who died in 1211, in the order o£ sanctity, has just been found at Cudot, near Joigny, Yonnc. France. • Even during her life, pilgrimages journeyed from all parts of the world to be edified by her virtues and asked the aid of her prayer?. She had the gift of prophecy, and foretold scientific . discoveries, among which was the daily revolution of the earth, affirmed by Galileo four ccntuiies later. Before proceeding to erect a new monument in her honour, the Cur 6" of Curot had a search made for her relics, and was rewarded by finding the coffin underneath the floor of the building, and covered with a marble slab and masonry. The tomb was opened in Che presence of the Archbishop of Sens, and in it were found the bones whole and in perfect order. The holy relics will soon be translated and placed in a costly reliquary.