A RARE OPPORTUNITY
Dog lovers and others .should not' miss the eppoi I unity ol seeing. Hanger, the giant St. Bernard dog. in the side-show section at the showgrounds on Friday. He is a little ever loin Tears old, consumes between J.Vlb. and 71b. ef heel a day, and is List. in weight. These St. Bernard dogs take their name from Bernard Jiielis. a monk who conceived, the idea ol utilising these hugC-..Jilogs to assist in finding people who ."Kftcamo lost in the snow in Switzerland-; later the animals were, and jstifl are, used in parts of rind Holland for pulling milk carts.- I.ately they lia\c been using them in ’Tibet lor rescue •work in the- is a direct descendant of dog that saved 40 lives in tilerSilW »i Switzerland.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 145, 13 February 1939, Page 3
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130A RARE OPPORTUNITY Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 145, 13 February 1939, Page 3
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