CURIOSITY IN DOGS
SMALLEST IN THE WORLD' [ in a glasEi case in a simp window in j Tnvercargill is to ho seen what is. claimed 1o he the smallest dog iu the world—or its nearest, relative. It was— lor it is nearly a century since it lived—a King Charles spaniel, which, through close breeding, grew no larger than .1 rat. It was born in Tasmania in 184 C ;md lived for eighteen months. For such a dog there_ wrfs rio ordinary interment. It was put in the hands of a taxidermist, and has ever since retained the h 00111 of its earlv life. In 1854 it was taken lo Southland.
Eggs are ridiculously cheap row. Pre- I terve at once in Sharland's Egg Preserva- i tive. • Romance: "Where the White Man: Treads,, a book of the Maori for New Zealanders. Leading booksel fcrs, or HEfiAi.D Oflico. Auckland; 9s, past, free. ] ij " v'./i. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21305, 5 October 1932, Page 8
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152CURIOSITY IN DOGS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21305, 5 October 1932, Page 8
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