BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 364, 28 March 1918, Page 4

BIGGEST IN THE WORLD.

The extremes in age and size always awaken interest.

England is well to the tore in th ; s respect, the largest dork in the worl.l being at Cardiff, Wales; the greatest bank, the Bank of England. Univt: sity College, Oxford, U the mo ancient college existing; it was fouru 1 ed in the year 1249. The largest bronze statue extant i that of l'eter the Great, which stand in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1,100 ton' comprising its weight. C ipe Henry, Virginia, has the ditim iton of possessing the largest light Lou e, and the mammoth monoliili llifift.- is to be found in Egypt. Paris lavs claim to the largest theatre in the world, the Opera House their < enuring three acres of ground. Historians adjudge the faraway city of Damascus to be the oldest in the world.

The tallest chimney is to be found ii.i Glasgow, and is 474 ft. high, whilst Washington possoses the higbes'J moimir.cnt. the height being 555 ft.