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HOW'THE TOOTH .GOT THERE/,; ; ißt . Telesraph^Speelnl- Correspondent.! ".'" '' Wan'ganiii, : October 17../:' "A. strange.. discovery- was'-made: a" :day" or-two'ago ina clay, pit, which; supplies. Kehdrick's brick ■ works, at- Aramoho., One of the men was -.'turning, over, .the clay which was being dug out,-when-he. came across a large; shark's tooth : - in .a state of perfect- preservation,'oven down to the last little serration on tile edges. The substance of the tooth is hard ;and firm, though it has somewhat lost''its-, colour, being now of a faint bluish'-white; It was found imbedded in Istiff clay,' some 40ft. below the top soil: of the face. How long it has been there is, of course, a matter for interesting speculation.. ,:;'
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 4
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116MATTER FOR SPECULATION Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 950, 18 October 1910, Page 4
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