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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21979, 14 June 1933, Page 11

Further reduction of 3s per ton on household and 2g per ton on nuts.—Kaitangata Coal.—Advt. The unusual spectacle of African elephants drawing carts and ploughs may now be seen in the Belgian Congo, according to reports of travellers who recently returned to Brussels from Belgium’s African colony. Until wuite recently it was believed that the African elephant could not be trained as bis Asiatic cousin has been for centuries. But experiments have now shown this ,to be incorrect. The elephants perform a' regular transport service drawing carts with a capacity of four tons. Harnessed in pairs they also plough four hectares—about 10 acres—in half a day, it is stated., Near Lake Albert, the travellers saw 'many herds of wild elephants feeding tyiite calmly on the banka of the i river undisturbed by the siren of the steamers.