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PIG-A-DILLY CIRCUS Do pigs think? Are you aware that pigs can fire a gun with such precision as would become a seasoned marksman, fight in realistic fashion a DempseyTunney battle royal, and act with high intelligence their clever and deliriously funny impersonations? Yes, incredible in writing but perfect truth in fact is the aptitude of Freckles, Pork Chops and other famous pigs, so skilfully trained by Miss Marjorie Van Camp, without doubt the world’s greatest trainer of pigs. Miss Van Camp has been in New Zealand only a month, and during that time she has been training six little pigs, purchased locally, to add to her combination. Five of them are from three to four weeks old and the baby one is not yet two weeks old. She starts training at six o’clock each morning and holds rehearsals • every two hours, working till late at night. The pigs are really very intelligent and Miss Van Camp is pleased with the rehearsals. Something really novel in entertainment should be provided—clean and wholesome, with educational qualities. Thousands, it is claimed, have been enthralled by this clever combination of pig performers in Pig-a-dilly Circus, featuring Freckles, “the pig with a personality.” The exhibition will be located in the amusement section at the Timaru A. and P. Show to-morrow and Saturday.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21178, 27 October 1938, Page 5
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219SHOW ATTRACTIONS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21178, 27 October 1938, Page 5
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