A PLAYFUL ELEPHANT.
HATCHES THROWN INTO HOLp DAMAGE TO LIONS* CAGES. [By TELEGRAPH. —OWW COEESVJPOWDiCMT.] CHRfSTCHURCH. Tuesday, Jumbo, an elephant belonging to a circus which Arrived at Lytfcelton this morning, amused himaalf onthe pasaago down last < night by lifting off the of one of the after holds of the Wahine and dropping them down the hold on top of two cages which contained lions and jaguars. The roof of one Of the cages w&i slightly daroaged and one of tho wheqk was badly damaged. Not siatisfiad with this Jumbo lifted the heavy girder whi«ih win across tho centre of the hatch and dropped that down the hatchway as well. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19136, 30 September 1925, Page 10
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109A PLAYFUL ELEPHANT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19136, 30 September 1925, Page 10
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