ZOO PROSPECTS
NEW YORK OFFICIAL'S VISIT
KIWI, KOALA BEAR. PLATYPUS, AND GIANT PANDA SOUGHT
(P.A-) AUCKLAND, October 6. The Anzac Clipper, which left Honolulu at 4.35 this morning for Canton Island, is due at Auckland on Wednesday. Among passengers is Mr J. Tee Van, an official of the New York Zoo, to obtain a kiwi from Now Zealand, a koala bear and duck-billed platypus from Australia, and a giant panda from China, a gift from Chiang Kai-shek in gratitude for American help to China,
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Evening Star, Issue 24008, 6 October 1941, Page 6
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84ZOO PROSPECTS Evening Star, Issue 24008, 6 October 1941, Page 6
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