A LOSING FIGHT.
| THE DONKEY GOES. i TOO SLOW FOR LOXDOX. i LONDON. ' Donkeys in England seem well on the way to becoming as scarce as dancing 1 bears. There used to be a donkey 1 dairy in the Bayswater section of Lon--1 don, and old people and sickly children i whose doctors prescribed donkey's milk used to get all they wanted at tbe * equivalent of 4/ a quart. But a few months ago, when a doctor wanted 1 donkey's milk for a child, he had to " broadcast a nation-wide appeal before " lie could find it. f London's costermongers used donkeys t to haul their barrows, and 30 years ago • the annual donkey show hold by Our Dumb Friends League attracted 150 entries. This year it attracted 23. S Donkeys, it appears, are now too slow j for London's streets. They still sur vive on mauv beaches during dav season, them. In the west of Eop _jtherer» i Wales, cockle and »ea . found on ! still use them. They love U T I the stepped streets f and in the Scill? r*P>* e Some "mber of donkey" to t decline in the iri.h Fr*» jssrWE l&tOaD&j*-
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 278, 24 November 1938, Page 9
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195A LOSING FIGHT. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 278, 24 November 1938, Page 9
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