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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20322, 2 February 1928, Page 14

The proposal to extend Westminster Abbey to make room for further memorials raises the interesting question: Why should this church, not a cathedral, loom larger than York Minster, Canterbury Cathedral, and St. Paul's in the eyes of the English-speaking world? And why should it bo the invariable scene of coronations and royal weddings, and the most fitting burial place for Britain’s illustrious dead? The exceptional importance of the Abbey takes origin from the fact that the shrine holds the remains of the last of the old English kings, Edward the Confessor. People have almost forgotten to-day the extraordinary veneration with which this monarch was regarded by all. A magnificent church was built around Edward’s shrine. To be crowned at his graveside gives additional sanctity to the rite, and to be buried near his ashes is the highest honour man can wish..