THE ZOO.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1931, 13 December 1913, Page 2

THE ZOO.

BIRTH OF A THAR, THE BEAVERS, (By John Crowes, President of the Wellington Zoological Society.) The time was ivhcH.'the increase of tho thai- im Newtown Park caused soroo anxiety to the providers of their provender, Luli later some of tho interesting goats were welcomed ui _ Australia, where-they caused a very lively sensatioiiv 'liAnd after that when wo inquired ill tho hops of enabling an acclimatisation to purchase a male, tiiar we. wcro told that our city had none to sell. Tito vatuo of the thsr is now fairly -appreciated, so that tho-curator of our Zoo was beaming a few days 1 ago when ho told me-that a. line, healthy, lively y«mg : baby thar had camo to light.

Shall V/e Buy the Beavers? Wo hope to. Our friend, Mr. Castle, the treasurer of the Wellington Zoological Society, is in a. very happy and hopeful mood, "If they wonld onsy keep it going like this - all the year round," said ho to mo lately, "then osir society would be ablo to work splendidly." 'Keep what going? I asked. "Wiiv, keep tho ..postman ' carrying postal notes and chcqncs as ho lias be*m miring tho last few days, and keep the children giving' peu.iii.es and their fathers and mothers oontribttting threepenny pieces and sixpences and <shill- j jugs "to our aairaal frarchaso fund./' ho I answt-.rod cheerily, Weil, I cannot ask the readers of- Tin: Dominiou to keep on contributing all tho sear round, but I do want you to keep on cantribut- j in"- until next Tuesday morning. My friend, Mr. Castle, is not a gambler, but ho ami I have made a friendly proposal—l might almost sat to tho City Council, and tho council; has accepted. We must therefore he ■ ready with a considerable -chequo next ' Tuesday, and wo would liko to rcc-en o ten pounds more by that time. Since mY last budget of notes appeared last Saturday• w« liiivo received as donations and subscriptions two cheques for one guinea each, two cheques for £1 each, oho donation of 10s., sixteen •subscriptions and donations of' ss. each, and over'soo «ther- contributions ranging from Is, to a half-psmrv egch, Any Christmas present from a half-penny upwards will bo welcomed to our Zoo fund. Kindly remember our treasurer s address* Mr!: John Castle, the Kowtow pliarmacv, 130 Rttlcliford Street, Wellington South. I must add that six or the contributors of OS. or upwards—mm wmber of tho Gov-ernuient. tbreo pjominent membors of the nwlical profcaeiou, and two of Wellington'» oldest and nwst-csleemed eitiseus—liavo. cousMited to bccome members of tho socicty, and wo bare room for morn members. Wo would -welcome into our membership sympathisers in all parts of tlio Dominion. A full account will l;« published when tho animals have been purchase!!.