SURPRISE VISIT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18068, 20 April 1933, Page 10

SURPRISE VISIT

ELEPHANT IN GARDENS SYDNEY, April 10. When Mr. F. S. Hcigliway, of Ethel ; street, Bumvood, was aroused by tho • persistent and loud harking of his dog, about 0.30 yesterday morning, ho discovered that a big elephant had j taken possession of his back garden. ! There is a gate, but. the elephant had not used it; it had just knocked down the fence. When Mr. Hcigliway. had sufficiently recovered from the shock, ho noticed that the elephant did not display any of the ferocity that is sometimes associated wi*u I beasts of the jungle. It quietly searched about for something to eat, seemingly quite indifferent to the pro- \ sence of the owner. ! The mysterious appearance of tho elephant was explained later on when the announcement was rondo that it had escaped from a travelling circus. Later on if: visited Mr. J. Hall’s, and then Dr. Lee’s properties with the same disregard of ceremony, and finally go! into the garden of a house in Duff street. The fences were partly wrecked, and other damage was done. The animal’s keeper found it at about !) a.m. It Imd been at large six hours.”