EMUS INVADE TOWN
STRANGE SIGHTS IN GOONDIWINDI.
Shopping crowds in Goondiwindi, principal town in a rich pastoral district, 300 miles inland from the South Queensland Coast, were surprised to see numbers of emus strutting through the streets. The drought in the district forced them and other wild creatures to go into the town to slake their thirst. The emu, a bird like the cassowary, is six feet tall, and can run with great speed.. Its wings are rudimentary, and provide the plumes which are such a distinguishing characteristic of the uniform of~the Australian lighthorseman.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1940, Page 6
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94EMUS INVADE TOWN Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 November 1940, Page 6
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