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North Otago Times, 1 November 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)

London is famous for its size. New York is amazing ifor its height. Be.ing built on an island, it cannot ex--pand, so it grows upwards instead, and sky-scrapers twenty-seven stories high, tall, gaunt, and hideous, rise on every side. The most beautiful .street in the world, so far as buildings go, is Fifth-avenue. Standing at that atrocity of sky-scraper erection, the "flat-iron," one gazes towards Central Park along an avenue of fine clubs, hotels, and private houses that, for beauty are dillicult to beat. The effect of Fifth-avenue is impressive for its well-planned building. Probably the most beautiful street, as far as natural beauty goes, is Princes-street, in Edinburgh, with its rugged castellated rock on one side, and the Carlton Hill and Holyrood at the end; while again

the wealthiest street for its size is j the glistening jewel-shopped Hue de ■ la Paix in Paris. Traffic in London 1. is-better regulated than in Ncw lork t The streets, .too, are kept - cleaner ; but New York is better lighted and 1 lias some magnificent shops or stores 1 although none of them beats in size f or stylo Marshall Field's in Chicago, t * * * * c Arabian horses manifest remarkable t courage in battle. It is said that I when a horse of this breed finds him- i self wounded, and perceives that he i will not be able to bear his rider i much longer, quickly retires from the 1 conflict, bearing his master to a j place of-safety while lie has still suf- 1 ficient strength,-But if, 0 n the other i hand, the rider is wounded and falls i to the ground, thu faithful animal i remains beside him, unmindful of the 1 danger, neighing until assistance is brought, *•#* * * 1 Great Britain, it is said, can, without fear of contradiction, claim tile honour of having originated the postmark. The first one, which was < !used in London as long ago.as 1600 I was tt very simple affair, consisting •'of mimH circle divided