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Shannon News, 9 February 1923, Page 3

The somewhat ingenious method of going across the yard in a canoe ‘to millc the cows was adopt <jd by a woman in the Foxton district the other day, as a result of the very heavy rains. Tho Manawatu River os still considerably swollen and has a distinctly muddy appearance just now.

The Bengal tigress, which .came by the Port Elliott for the Wellington Zoo, arrived in splendid condition. She was a deck passenger, but took her meals without apparent discomfort. Four ycai*s of age, the tigress is in her prime, with a magnificent coat of fur.'" The j purchase of an elephant for the Zoo for ; the sum of £250 is to be considered in j connection with next year’s city csti- 1 mates. !