PICTURE OF PELORUS JACK
PRESENTATION TO SYDNEY ZOO,.
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GIFT.
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 11.10 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 7. The New Zealand Government tourist bureau at Sydney to-day presented the Taronga Park zoological gardens trust with a beautifully framed picture of Pelorus Jack. A brief history of the fish is inscribed on the picture, which will be added to the Zoo aquarium.
The gift was received from Mr. L. J. Schmitt (New Zealand Government Commissioner) by Colonel Spain (president of the Taronga Park trust), who expressed deepest appreciation of the gift and gave an assurance that it would be given a prominent position in the aquarium, where it would be seen by thousands of visitors to Sydney’s famous zoo.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1932, Page 4
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