The great wall of China is nearly 1,500 miles long, measured in a straight line, but its twists and turns make it actually about 2,000 miles long. It was started just over 200 years 8.C., and rebuilt 800 years later. Its purpose was to protect the fertile plains of the north from invasion. In parts it is 25ft thick at the base, loft, at the top, and from loft, to 30ft. in heighu
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 13
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73Page 13 Advertisements Column 2 Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 224, 10 December 1927, Page 13
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