TROUBLE FOR CIRCUS
INVERCARGILL, Feb. 7. The heat wave in Invercargill, with high humidity, provided problems during the weekend for Wirths .Cireuswhen one of the bears collapsed but was revived with liberal dousings of water. A Great Dane belonging to the circus signalled the occasion by giving birth to 13 pups. The combination of heat and humidity is a record in Invercargill, the shade temperature registered yesterday bejng 88 degrees and today at 1 p.m. it wac 79 degrees.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 February 1949, Page 5
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