GIANT TURTLE
SOUGHT AS AUSTRALIAN EXHIBIT. AT WELLINGTON EXHIBITION. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. CANBERRA. August 15. The Commonwealth Department of Commerce is seeking the biggest turtle in Australia for its tropical display at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition. It expects to obtain the turtle in Queensland, where they grow to an enormous size. The department disclaims any intention to send live sharks to the Now Zealand Centennial Exhibition, as reported here, and agrees with local critics that an exhibition of sharks’ would be a bad advertisement for the Commonwealth.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1939, Page 5
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89GIANT TURTLE Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1939, Page 5
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