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The two smallest New Testaments in the world are believed to be in Australia. One belongs to Major Jones, chief of the Commonwealth Investigation Branch. It is less than three' quarters of an inch long and half J™ inch wide. It is used for swearing wite ncsses. The other has been presented to the Commonwealth National Library "1 Mr. Hubert Haes, of Essex, England. Us measurements are: Length,' threequarters of an inch; width, five-eighths of an inch; thickness, a quarter of a." inch. To read each book a microscope"« needed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 8
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