Warning From Pheasants
i Startled calls from pheasants in the early hours -of Monday morning heard by residents on the outskirts of Rotorua were the first indication of earth tremors. Those who heard the pheasants stated that it was a few seconds after this that they felt the shock and heard the rumble. This was about 4.30 in the morning. Together with a shock at about i 1.30, it was one of the heaviest felt in Rotorua for several years.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20120, 14 December 1939, Page 7
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80Warning From Pheasants Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20120, 14 December 1939, Page 7
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