Baboon In Bar For Beer
The law on drinking by minors in New Zealand was . , . , flouted yesterday by a forward 10-year-old who not only mixed with other drinkers in the bar of a Christchurch hotel but drank the foaming contents of an eight-ounce gi ass .
The “minor” was a 10-year-old African baboon, one of . , , • ~ . two owned by a circus which will open a week’s season in South Hagley Park today. The baboon, Peter, has developed quite a taste for beer and he knew immediately what to do when faced with
a glass in the bar of the Southern Cross Hotel. Then he took the bottle and drained jt He was accompanied by b j S trainer, Mr A. Greenwood, “I’ve had too much—I’m heading home,” commented one patron as the baboon bounced on the bar. And he did leave, too.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30592, 7 November 1964, Page 1
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