Tiio Klgin Marbles arc a groat collection of sr ulirUires. got together hy the seventh Karl of Kl«in in Greece, and brought to Kiighwid in IRI2. These eedehrated treasures had originally formed pari of the Parthenon at Athens, and were the work of Phiidias. Lord Elgin expended over £70,000 upim them, and /hey were purchased for £05,000 for the British Museum, where they are now to be. seen,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 July 1927, Page 11
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