MR AND MRS GAZELLE
(N.Z.E.F. Official News Service) Sonielhir.il novel in the way of mascots has been chosen by a New Zealand survey battery, which, Avh'ue stationed i.ll Palestine, decided t<adopt a gazelle. The animal was bought from a dealer after much bagging and soon made itself at home. One should say "herself," for the battery's gazelle is a very daintJ female. Australians who happened to drop, in were introduced to the battel v s mascot. On learning that it was a "she," they decided to provide hei with a husband. Th ,-y kept their promise, and now i\l." a:u! Mrs (»azcllc have set up house and appear to l)e a very happy married coup.e. Members of the hd.tery have no'-'-' subscribed towards buying a perambulator. Everything, they suy, is to be proi)er and respectable.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 51, 11 May 1942, Page 6
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135MR AND MRS GAZELLE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 51, 11 May 1942, Page 6
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