LATE LOCALS.
Some months ago a cave was discovered by Mr G. S'varbriek on 1 1 is property at Otoko, near Gisborne, in 'vliicb the skeletons of 12 moas were found. More recently Mr Swarbrick discovered another cave in the same locality, in which were found the remains of eight moas in a good state of preservation. Five of the skeletons have been assembled by Mr W. E. with heads and necks complete. Another, which stands Bft high has been kopt by Mr Swarbriek. It is supposed that these birds were sheltering in the cave when an earthquake took place, dislodging some immense boulders, which blocked the entrance, thus trapping them. It was difficult to get into the cave, as the hole was just large enough to allow a man to pass through. The skeletons were covered to a depth of 2ft with volcano ash and pumice, which acted as a preservative.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19310609.2.49
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1931, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
152LATE LOCALS. Hokitika Guardian, 9 June 1931, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.