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NEW PLYMOUTH. Believed' to be the first birds ever carried by air from Australia to New Zealand, 36 Australian finches have arrived at New Plymouth as a gift to a Taranaki fancier. Carried in a speciallybuilt box, the birds were fIQWJU from Melbourne fo Sidney, and then across tpe Tasman by a Skymaster thesame night. Some of the birds are rare, and extreme care has to be taken to acclimatise them after such rapid transit. One bird died during the journey, but the remainder reached New Plymouth in first-class condition. (Sp. ■ * * *
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Northern Advocate, 5 July 1948, Page 7
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