MEMORIAL TO DOG
"PADDY THE WANDERER" WELLINGTON SUBSCRIPTIONS [UY TELEOIUrn OWN correspondent] -WELLINGTON, Saturday It is doubtful if any dog ever had moro friends among human beings than Paddy the Wanderer. Paddy died a few weeks ago, but the memory of this famous Airedale is to bo perpetuated in Wellington, possibly with a drinking trough for dogs. Already £23 Is lid has been collected toward the fund. Two or three lists have yet to como in, the latest donation being £6 18s 2d from a Wellington restaurant. "
When the fund is completed a small committee of subscribers will meet to decide the form the memorial is to talco and where it will be located. The suggestion that a small drinking trough ■for dogs would be a fitting way to commemorate Paddy has been made by several subscribers. Paddy's photograph already adorns many hotel bars in Wellington.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23418, 7 August 1939, Page 8
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146MEMORIAL TO DOG New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23418, 7 August 1939, Page 8
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