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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9494, 25 April 1894, Page 5

The great wall of China was recently measured by Mr. Unthank, an American en gineer engaged on the survey for a Chinese railway. Hi s measurement gave the height iwt. Every few hundred yards there is a wwer 25ft high. The foundation of the * a ia of solid granite. For 1300 miles the all S O6B over plains and mountains, every °* '"the foundation being of solid granite, * D « the rest of the structure solid masonry. .Mr. Labouchera, as proprietor of Truth, in A T ld A- u P wards of £30,000 for law costs tori i i) ng himself against actions brought gainst him as a journalist writing in the *"™ie interest, in nearly all of which twit! n8 .he was successful. His adversaries lav oi eW exce P fci <»w). who were ordered to ■Of ajjgj ooeto » have pwd him one farthing