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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 281, 18 October 1889, Page 4

The Aknroa Mail sta os :— Tho discovei'y of a wonderful skeleton at Tiaupo l?ay is a matter that appears to (lesevvo the serious consid-^atiou of all inpii of science residing in the colony. We acknowledge that Avhtm the report reached us that a skeleton two chains in length had "bien discovered wewei-e sceptical, y'-'h'.it it now appears, from we 1 authenticated *- thenticated evidence, that the bones of the monster stretch over the disauce of some fifteen chains, or not. less than 900 f t! We aro told that • Dr Byrnes imagined that the lonos were of two monsters, one ten chains and the other rive chains in ongth ; hut evon taking this pessimist view, the ten- chain Tgdam do-i for whit she is) does immoi so credit to tlie producing powers of nucim^t M w Zealand. For the lust iivi> yvava Mv M'Ha o has bn n patii-;it'v working to uncover the hi ny of this great beast Deterininod tha- no rudo hand should destroy any por tion, he hns done evervtlnim- ]iimself, and the result mu-.t. Ji.-ive i'jir exceeded his antioijiaticn^ Tim head of tho monster lies nearest to the sea, thu tail uphill, and Mr "M' k i a'e thin'-s it "was making for is watery home from the hill whei a teriibk'. volcanic eruption stopped SvrtutU l'tugs ai d proserv-d it iv be on v uf t-.e Wonder* of the nin« jt«9Uth CUtfU'V. *{ «^» ! .>'■'■■■ ' *'•>' -