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Hokitika Guardian, 10 March 1924, Page 2

CARE OF FURS. "Valuable Hints in the Care of Furs,” is the title of a little publication absolutely full of valuable fur information. which will he posted free to any lady forwarding her name and address to .Madame Monere and Co., the Furriers, Corner Cashel and Colombo Streets, Christ church. As the supply of booklets is limited, early application is advisable.--Amt.

ELEPHANT'S PJCK-ME-Ul*. LONDON. Jan. 22. Because be had lost his appetite and was clearly not in the best of health, the Zoo’s baby African elephant was removed from lb> cage and taken lor treatment to the hospital which lies behind the Reptile House. There, in a cosily warmed ward, lie underwent a course of pick-me-ups m the shape of oranges into which large does of strychnine had been very delicately injected. These he bolted whole, just as we would swallow a pill, and they did the little chap a power ol good.

These “pills” would have killed a human patient outright, for each contained CD drops of tlie poison. Cl lie dose for a man is 8 drops or less). The young giant found that these “orange bitters" were pleasantly wanning to tile inside, and took iii-. tood with a zest. ORANGE ON A PITCH FORK. Similar treatment—but with double doses—bad .succeeded in tempting the big rhinoceros to feed. Tbe doped fruit wa-, prescribed by Prolessor (I. If. Wooldridge, lion, veterinary surgeon to tlie Zoological Society. 'I be professor did not enter the cage of the short-tempered monster. but spiked the orange on n pitchfork, and tlie brute took it with gratitude. This practice was followed by the keepers during the cure. In the case of the voting elephant the treatment has now ceased. He squashed his last orange and tasted the bitter poison. Since then he has refused his medicine. “He's rumbled the orange Irick. reported -the keeper who acts as wardsister. >