ALBATROSS SANCTUARY
THRILL FOR POLISH CONSUL (0.C.) DUNEDIN, Monday Snatching a few free moments from his official duties while making a tour of inspection of a Dunedin fortress area, the Polish Consul-General in New Zealand, Count Iv. A. Wodzieki, paid a visit to the home of Otago's now renowned albatross family. He saw the five great birds in their natural habitat, and expressed his delight at being able to approach so closely in order to study them carefully. "I have had two real thrills in my life," Count Wodzieki jokingly remarked. "The first was when 1 came to close quarters with Hitler in 1935. It was a thrill at the time, but Hitler represents everything that is the antithesis of freedom. To-day I have experienced an even greater thrill, for I have been brought to close quarters —much closer than I expected—with the albatross, which represents the very epitome of freedom."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24131, 25 November 1941, Page 6
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