LIGHTHOUSE LIKE BUDDHA
IMMENSE CONCRETE STATUE A lighthouse donated to the port of Nagoya, to be dedicated in May, is in the unusual shape of a huge Buddha, cast in concrete. The Buddha is in the conventional form, along the lines of the famous bronze Buddha at Kamakura, but larger. The immense concrete statue is 7_’ feet high and 52 feet in girth, in its forehead, where the ordinary Buddha had a jewrel, there being set a 10,000 candlepower electric light, shining out over the harbour.
ties, w’hile the English Speaking Union and the Colonial Institute are also alw’ays devising pleasant little events. Mrs. W. H. Parkes thanked Mrs. Maguire on behalf of the members for her very’ interesting address, and endorsed all the glowing things she had said about the Continent. After a short interval spent in informal intercourse the afternoon concluded.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 31, 29 April 1927, Page 5
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