Kaitangata Coal always pives satisfaction—obtainable from all coal merchants, Advt Measuring from the centre of the earth, instead of from sea level, the highest mountain is not Mount Everest, but Mount Chimborazo, in the Andes, according to calculations made by the German scientist, Dr G. Rosch. Chimborazo’s peak is 3966.99 miles from the centre of the earth; Everest’s only 3965.66. Four other peaks, Tfuascaran (Peru), Cotopaxi (Ecuador), Kenia (East Africa), and Kilimanjaro (Africa) are also “higher above the earth's centre than Everest."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22366, 13 September 1934, Page 4
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