NEWS CURIOSITIES.
JOTTINGS FROM WORLD'S PRESS.
Ulcombe (Kent) is a village of t«ins. Mrs. Bredin, wife of the Rev. E. «■ Brcdin, the rector, holds a sewing <.'' ilis of about ten women; five of them have had twins, and one of them i= herself » twin. During three years Mr. anil " rsBredin have had two maids who «'f* each daughters of twins; they married twins. Two years ago a German elephant arriving in Goole dock from Hamburg stepped into a waiting railway van--and went through the floor. Last month the same elephant arrived with t' ircl j companions. He has been going i» i,n * out of railway vans all over Europe during the past two years—but lie wouldn't risk' walking into a van at Uoole. Trainers and dock staff coaxed, bulliM'j used fodder as bait inside the van—a» in vain. After a five-hour battle « wits they chained him to one of hi» companions, used bait —and cheered &*> he was dragged into the van.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 37, 13 February 1937, Page 4 (Supplement)
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161NEWS CURIOSITIES. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 37, 13 February 1937, Page 4 (Supplement)
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