Two Gneat Belbs BIG BEN and BELL TEA heah WkorgweeYunkd BiqBer IBctltea' Think of BELL, the TEA OF EXTRA STRENGTH that always goes the farthest ! The booming voice of Big Ben, heart throb of the British Empire , strong, Te liable, defying Hitler' $ blitz_~voice of reassuring confidence for all the world to hear comes from the famous Bell which strikes the hours in the Clock Tower of the British Houses of Parlia ment It weighs 13 tons, cost E40,000, and is named after Sir Benjamin Hall, First Commissioner of Works, when it was hung in 1856. The Clock is popularly called Big Ben, too. Its dial is 22 feet in diameter.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 122, 24 October 1941, Page 20
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110Page 20 Advertisement 2 New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 122, 24 October 1941, Page 20
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