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from such local considerations as to* lighting res- 
trictions. Allusion is made by Mr. Yeadon to the 
part played by Mr. Wesley Petty in the negotia- 
tions. Apart from business associations, Mr. 
Petty is an old friend of Mr. Bostock, and the 
latter wrote to him asking for information as to 
what land was available in Leeds as a place for 
the show. It was on purely personal grounds 
that Mr. Petty helped Mr. Bostock to carry his 
negotiations through, and he had not anticipated 
any opposition, seeing that the show had already 
visited such centres as Plymouth, Southampton, 
Portsmouth, and the London area. 
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES. 
The outcome is naturally resented by the 
Chief Constable, who, in the course of an inter- 
view yesterday, said 1 his action was solely dic- 
tated by the interests of the city generally. Al- 
though the risks from aircraft may be remote, 
he holds strongly to the opinion that no risk, 
however remote, ought to be taken if it can be 
avoided, and he believes the public will support 
him in this. He intends bringing the matter be- 
fore the Watch Committee at their meeting to- 
day, and he anticipates that the Committee will 
support him. "I still think," he said, "that the 
Corporation ought to break this contract, so as 
to prevent the show being held. I regard it as 
seriously as that." 
As will- be seen from our advertisement col- 
umns, the show is advertised to be held "by per- 
mission of the Ministry of Munitions." The legal 
adviser of the Ministry of Munitions was seen in 
London yesterday and gave the following explana- 
tion : — "We were asked by Mr. Bostock to say 
whether he had any objection, under the Defence 
of the Realm Act, to this show being held, and, 
of course, as it did not come under the heading 
of 'fairs,' we said we had not. In a word, we did 
not regard the matter as really coming within our 
purview at all. But what Mr. Bostock apparently 
had done has been to transform a negative reply 
into a positive statement that we have sanctioned 
this exhibition. I shall indeed be glad for you to 
make it known that this is not the case — that we 
have in no way interfered with the rights of the 
local authorities. The police and the others con- 
cerned are still free to exercise whatever powers 
they possessed before any application was made 
to us in the matter. Neither the police nor the 
military authorities are in any way hampered by 
anything that has taken place between the Minis- 
try of Munitions and the promoters of this ex- 
hibition. So far as we are concerned, they are 
at liberty to exercise their legal rights in this 
matter to the fullest extent." 
GENERAL NOTES. 
THAT the arrivals in London from South Africa 
have been 2l Zebras, 2. Chacma Baboons, with 
a very few small birds. 
THAT the arrivals in London from Calcutta have 
been 1 Adult Tigress, 400 Rhesus Monkeys, 3 
Entellus Monkeys, 1 Python, 300' Parrakeets, 7 
Pintail Nonpareils. 
THAT the arrivals in London from South Ameri- 
ca have been a few Marmozets and Parrakeets, 
3 Armadillos, 1 tame Ringtail Monkey. 
THAT the arrivals in Liverpool from New York 
have been 14 American Rattlesnakes, 23 mixed 
American Snakes; from West Africa, 2 im- 
ported Lions, with some 20 1 African Monkeys. 
THAT the arrivals is London from the Continent 
have been 21.000 Budgerigars, 1 Chimpanzee, 
2 Agoutis, 12 uarious Monkeys. 
THAT a new Horned Toad (Phrynosoma) has 
been presented to the Zoological Society's 
Gardens, Regents Park, by Dr. Spurrel, who 
secured it dhilst in Texas some time back. 
THAT a rare double-tusk Narwhal, considered 
to be the record-freaking specimen of the 
world, is a feature of the National Collection 
of Heads and Horns at the New York Zoologi- 
cal Park. It was captured yy a whaler in the 
Arctic seas. The tusks are nearly 8 feet long, 
and the animal must have yeen 25 feet long. 
THAT a message from Budapest, published in 
the New York "World," states that the only 
remaining sea lion in the Dresden Zoological 
Gardens successfully rebelled recently against 
German war conditions. 
The sea lion, like every one else in Ger- 
many, was on short rations. Apparently he 
was so disgusted by the cutting down of his 
usual three square meals of fish a day that he 
escaped from his pond and flopped his way 
across country to Carola Pond, half a mile 
away. 
A fishmonger leases Carola Pond, and in 
it raises carp for the market; but he has not 
been to market for several days, for the sea 
lion did not leave even a baby carp. 
The sea lion has been caught and returned 
to his own pond, and a guard placed to see 
that he does not go dining out again. The 
fishmonger is suing the zoo for £50 damages. 
THAT Charlie, the Kordofan Giraffe, was found 
dead in its stall last week at the Society's Gar- 
dens, Regents Park. 
A post mortem shewed that death was due 
to fatty degeneration of the heart. 
JOHN D. HAMLYN. 
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