FIND OF MOA BONES.
Per Press Association. . CHRISTCHURCH, August 19. While workmen were engaged yesterday in excavating on the Cashmere hills for tlia city reservoir they unearthed a, number of"moa bones. The bones apparently belonged to a small specimen of the moa, They were found about 15 feet below the surface silt and had been' flattened to some extent by the pressure of the earth.above. The bones' have been secured by the Christchurch museum curator.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13677, 20 August 1908, Page 6
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75FIND OF MOA BONES. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13677, 20 August 1908, Page 6
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