Superior new Duco painted teakwood and Manila hardwood household and office furniture, genuine blackwood, Tse-tan and In-moh wood furniture, carpets and rugs, valuable ancient Chinese curios, fine carved ornaments, jade and ivory inlaid screens, cupboards, wall hangings, fine toned pianos, typewriters, safe, E.P. glass and crockery ware, etc, cantilever span, 1,500 feet, in! the world, only the Forth Bridge and the Quebec Bridge have larger. The two banks of the river.
In doing so they will climb higher -|than the dome of St. Paul's; travel at the rate of a foot a minute; and handle loads of 60 tons.
At the end of their task, when the two arms of the bridge are at the point of meeting over the Hooghly he cranes, which with their weigh 765 tons each, will then dismantle one another.
Indian labour and overseers, under a staff of British engineers and foremen, are carrying out the whole of the work. In building the founda-[tions of the tower on the Calcutta Any side of the river, compressed air at a pressure of 40 Ib. to the square inch had to be used and, owing to the intense heat and humidity, the men Could only work for short periods. yesterday, proval by Authority of Pan-American bid for an air mail route between clu and Aukland—United If you desire the Choicest of Delicacies at the Most Reasonable Prices, Then pay a visit to
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