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■Waterloo, with 23 platforms, is now Great Britain’s largest station. A turban requires from 10 to 14 yards of cloth.
A section of the promenade at St. Helier, Jersey, is painted sky-blue. A map covering 2750 square feet ot canvas has been unveiled in Rome. It is- -said to be the largest in the world. Strikes exacted the heaviest toll in 1912, when 40,000,000 working days were lost.
Only 1862 men are employed on the telephones of London, while there are 7051 girl switchboard operators.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 June 1926, Page 11
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