IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
MAGNIFICENT MOA SKELETON FOUND AT WAIKAREMOANA. Per Press Association. PALMERSTON N.. July 21. The Government electrical engineer and the Acclimatisation Society’s_ranger relate the discovery of a magnificent moa skeleton at Waikaremoana. They were exploring the route for the high tension wires last week, and came npon a ravine into which acoess could only be gained by ropes. • in a dry cave, which had been blocked' by a huge boulder, the-explorers found a splendidly preserved .skeleton which, when assembled, will show the bird’s height to have been 12 feet 9 inches. The bead alone has decayed. The discoverer* surrounded the ‘announcement of the find with mnch humorous 'detail. They attached ,a pig’s skull in place of the missing head, thereby mystifying amateur ornithologists . This valuable and interesting specimen hu keen safely transported to Wairoa. ,
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12196, 22 July 1925, Page 7
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135IMPORTANT DISCOVERY New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12196, 22 July 1925, Page 7
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