QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL
A MAGNIFICENT WORK. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 15, 11.45 p.m. London, May 15. Brock, the sculptor of the Queen Victoria memorial, interviewed, stated that the monument is 82ft high and 104 ft in diameter. Three thousand tons of Carrara marble were used, which was without a single blemish. The figure of Queen Victoria was hewn out of a single block. The other single pieces weighed forty tons. The six bronze groups OJI the flanking pedestals and over the fountain arches have been completed but not erected. '•' ■ « \, t ,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 302, 16 May 1911, Page 5
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90QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 302, 16 May 1911, Page 5
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