The short, straight tail of the hippopotamus is out of proportion to the huge body. A hippopotamous at the London Zoo, which had a body 12ft long, weighing four tons, had a tail only 22in long. In Detroit is installed the largest boiler in the world, capable of heating 1000 eightroomed houses.
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Southland Times, Issue 20014, 30 October 1926, Page 15
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52Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Southland Times, Issue 20014, 30 October 1926, Page 15
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