NEAR AND FAR
Rqfe Whale-Bird. A. specimen of the whale bird was recently brought into Temuka by a Waitohi spttler who stated fhat he had found it lying dead under the telegraph wires on the Main North Rpad. The Bird is about the size of a Califorqian qail, of a dark grqy colour on the back and upper part of the body and a lighter grey underneath. The specinien was forwarded to the taxidermist qf the Canterbury Museum, who states that it is one of four species, of whale birds, not uncommon on the coasts of the South Island at this period of the year. This summer he has had a number of specimehs forwarded to him from different parts of the South Island. League of Nqtions. "The League of Nations has failed to prevent war in China, because it can only enfqrce its qommands ultimately by force or by boycott," said fhe Rev. H. Davies (Canton), speakng at the Presbyterian General Assembly at Christchurch. The League of Nations cannot function until the Church of Christ has worked leaven in the world. !It will he a long road, hut it is the only certain road. It seems as if the forces of the world are being lined up for the final struggle — the Armageddon — and it can only he averted by spreading the Christian spirit."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 164, 4 March 1932, Page 4
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