A ZOO TRAGEDY

(IT HLBfIBAPH.—9PBCIAL 70 THI POST.)

AUCKLAND, This Day. The tiger cub which arrived by the Marama on Tuesday for the local zoo was killed by the tigress Molly on Wednesday. The cub was a male, and was destined to : be Molly's mats when full grown. As, however, he was only nine months old and only the size of a large dog, the zoo authorities decided it would be unwise to place him with the tigress until full grown.. For some reason not explained, the cub was placed in the tigress's arena, and was at once savagely attacked. An eyewitness reports that the cub was slowly choked to death. Tha loss to the zoo is serious, a« the animal was a fine, healthy -specimen. There seems some fatality attaching to mates destined for Molly. A fully grown male previously purchased for the zoo died at sea en route from Sydney.