MOA SKELETON
BtSGGVEKY NEAR TUATAPERE At yesterday's meeting of the May Fair Committee (says the ‘ Southland Times ’) the president, Mr F. Dixon, announced that the complete skeleton of a moa had been found in the bush some forty miles from Tuatapere. it appears that some men were well back in the bush on a sightseeing expedition when they unearthed the skeleton. It is said that the skeleton is in a wonderful state of preservation, and though a, few of the bones have been dislodged, there will bo no difficulty in piecing them together. Mr _ Dixon stated that such a find was unique as far as lie knew, and ho had made immediate arrangements that it should bo brought to Invercargill and placed on exhibition.
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Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 9
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124MOA SKELETON Evening Star, Issue 19840, 13 April 1928, Page 9
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