Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thursday 5 October 1922, page 4


I HOBARTS NEW ZOO.

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PUSHING ON WITH THE WORK,

LIONS FROM SYDNEY ZOO.

Good p-ogrcs-. is hemp nndc with the (Oiistriu tu n of Holurts new zoo, ind tho luthoritic- expect to be ¡bl

to open it ibout the cud of next month or cirlv in December \ visit to tlie sit« selected at the old quarrv dong tne Dom un io d ton irds Government House imprcs es one with the idea th it the zoo will be quite norlin of thccits

and will compare v>rv f iv our ibis with those oi in uni nid sipit ils The -itc is being xsoiidcrfullv impioved ind is c^ perted to prove ideal both for aiuni iii ind 1 ird- rho fence surround in,; ti c quarrv s finished ind tho vol knien are it present putting the hniflnn.r touches to i pond i hundí ed tards m cncumfcrcnce, where water fowl of all descriptions will lie kept TJie wne cipes foi the buds, mid tlie rum, fa the animal1 are also well ad v meed .'heir completion hemp onlv de. laved pendine; the irrival of tlie neces« irj wire from Svdncv

Tenders for tho erection of n Kiosk at tho entrance to tho zoo whcie

t\ffiee» and störet vv ill be instilled hive

been invited and accommodation for two lions which hive l>ecn given bv the authorities of tho Svdncv 700 is being arrjnt,cd In a few weeks it is expected tint tho v ork of removing the Beaumaris collection fiom Hattcrv Point lo tin Domain will begin

Since the Corpor ition took over the 7iK> uiim ii» and In ds of ill de scrip lions li te been -ent m from interested people tome of these being opossums

wallabies porcupine anl-cater«, eagles

and denis In addition the nuthori ties propose to effect exchanges of am mais with zoos on the mamlmd is well as in New Zealand ind in time expect to have a hrst tla's represent Hive col-

lection

rtetsntlctt cot sar Lum tu co NeuritH Rheumatism «ciática and Gout are blood diseases. One of our Hobart cbemHU-T P Davern Elizabetb-st-sells n #rep»r»tlon cabled FAL-TOX which is marrmloui is remits Its chemical salts rcmoTO th» poldon cerm from tho blood Eufl*r«(* «BnoM trr tbtf Qui Tox, Th» prlo* U V,

.r roat'd 3 6 - Advt.

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