HORSES’ GRAVEYARD.
FIND AT WELLINGTON. SKELETON RECOVERED. Buried under Rongotai sands for (50 years, the skeleton of one of Wellington’s pioneer horses was dug up on the grounds enclosing the fast-growing Centennial Exhibition buildings. The skeleton was about 12ft below the level of the ground when discovered by the workmen who were engaged in forming the lake which will lie in front of the central tower between the two main buildings when the work is completed. The exhibition site was evidently used as a horses’ graveyard at one time, as this is the fourth horse’s skeleton to be unearthed there this year and the second to be dug up last week, the first being that of a pony. When discovered, the bones, although yellowed with age. were in their original shape but they crumpled when handled.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20483, 8 December 1938, Page 4
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136HORSES’ GRAVEYARD. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20483, 8 December 1938, Page 4
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