“Ben Hur.”
“Ben Hur” has the record of being a singularly ill-fated play. Three American theatres have been burned down during a run of the drama, and since the plague interrupted the Sydney season at Her Majesty's fire seized the theatre while “ Ben Hur ” was in possession. But the damage this fateful play is capable of causing possibly did not end here. A suspicion has been aroused that the harmless camel which appeared on Her stage in the course of the drama conveyed the plague to the marsupials in the Zoological Gardena. It appears that the “ t ßea Hur ’* camel was sold to the Zoo when ’ the theatre was destroyed by fire, hence the suspicion and a demand which has been made, for an enquiry. The latest cable from Sydney says: “Some reticence is observed in regard to the progress of the plague at the Zoo. It is understood that over fifty birds and animals have died of the disease during the past few weeks.
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Manawatu Herald, 22 May 1902, Page 2
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165“Ben Hur.” Manawatu Herald, 22 May 1902, Page 2
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