LIONESS AND CUBS.
SECURED FOlt WELLINGTON. Councillor Gooibo Prost, clmirnian of tlifli Reservts Coinmillw of the City states that an impression exists, that (ho council, in taking possession of.(ho lioness, made an arrangement with llr. Phillip' Wirth 'respecting the. disposal nf the cubs.' if any lmppdi&l.ib be bora whilst tlio animal was in the 7m ht N<?\vtt)wn Park, Such- 'is 1 not' t)i6 ease. Mr. Wirtli cerIninly had mentioned -the-mat for,, but lio . flnaliy decided to leave the lionets Subjcct only to a right on tho part 6f tho council to purchase' it; (or .£IOO, which l .'money was (o be pnjd.by March 7. Councillor Frost slates thai, lie now lias over. J!GO towards the. purchase of (he lioness, nud - has n, guarantee for the vest of the money should it not Iks forthcoming-from inter*'.' ested. members of the public, so Hint thero . is. no question .that with "Huron Dick" , and her.cubs will remain in Wellington' at tho pleasure of tho city authorities.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 4
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163LIONESS AND CUBS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 4
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