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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume Li, Issue 16894, 26 November 1925, Page 2

MURIWAI' HALL. WKeKiim A DANCE will be held in tho above 'Hail on SATURDAY, November 28th- N i, Good Sapper. Good Music. Ladies 1/6, Gents 2/6. 282 LADIES’ COMMITTEE.

The amusement oi visitors to the * Wellington Zoo at Newtown Park -was. catered for on Sunday afternoon in an unexpected way. During lust week the collection was added to- by the arrival of a pair of spider monkeys and a pair of capuchin monkeys, both from Nicaragua, in South America. The spider monkeys are not large in the body, but what they lack in that respect is made u.p for by their extraordinarily long arms and legs, Which, With a long prehensile tail, gives them a “spiderish’’ appeirance as they perform their acrobatic tricks. These monkeys, almost black in color, are 90 per cent, “pep,” and the liveliness of‘their antics attracted crowds round the cage throughout the afternoon. Although the hailstorm which passed over Timaru during the week-end did not visit the t-own with the same severity as did its predecessor of a month or so back, it was apparent that in this instance the town was not directly in the path of the storm, and |; that its full force was being expended ' south of Timaru. . A resident- of Fair. '■ view showed a Timaru Htfal'd repre- ■ ‘ ?,putative n glass jar containing' hai! stones which, although they were pickJ ed up about midday, and had melted to some extent during transit into town, were of about the size of a golf hall. He stated that the storm was unusually \ severe, the stories in some cases bound- ■ ing off the ground to a- height of three or four feet. A number .picked up / ' showed an average weight of threequarters of an ounce each, while, some (j$ were as much as sin. in circumference, j Ih view of the numerous orchards in that district, the visitation (it this sea- |> son of the year'was far from welcome.