AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 December 1924, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. OAnL* ASSOCIATION. AN KART HQ PA ICE. (Received this day at 10.25 a.m.) BUENOS AYRES. Decemher 17. Mendoza, the capital of the province of that name, experienced severe earthquake shocks early in the night, the inhabitants fleeing to the parks and suburbs. Glass doors and windows were .“battered, many people being injured when the crowds in the cafes stampeded. Simultaneous shocks were recorded in the provinces of Tiieuman and Sanluis. Mendoza has a population of fifty thousand six hundred and is a mile north west of Buenos Ayres. The city was destroyed by earthquake in 1801. ’ WORLD’S LARGEST BUILDING. (Received this day at 0.20 1.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 10. A message from Chicago states that the World’s Temple to Agriculture is to be the largest building in the world, ineluding a radio broadcasting tower rivalling the Kill'd Tower. The r'onvcntioii Hall will have twenty thousand seats, and the Commercial Motel 3,500 rooms, the whole to cost thirty million dollars. The building has been planned by a Mid-Western group, and it is to be known as the American Agriulturnl Society. The building will he the centre of the United States’ farm activities. 'I he finance of the project is said to he assured. The building would front the Michigan Boulevard at the junction of the Chicago river, with passenger and freight d. .;s. The warehouse facilities and suburban train station plans for the complete structure are due in .May 1927.