BLOSSOM TOP DRAW
(New Zealand Press Association)
WELLINGTON, Jan. IL Wellington’s now-de-parted sea elephant. Blossom, proved a real money-spinner while he was in town, according to Mr J. J. Fleury, man-ager-secretary of the Wellington B.P.C.A. Mr Fleury said a bank official told him that Blossom’s stay in Wellington boosted toe city’s tourist trade revenue by an estimated £70,000.
The sea elephant had
been one of Wellington’s greatest attractions and thousands had come to see it during its six-week stay. Last contact with Blossom is believed to have been made by a trawler, which radioed Wellington that several sea elephants had been sighted tonight about IN miles south of the North Island.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30028, 12 January 1963, Page 12
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