Among the first war babies at the Zoo were a pair of twin African crested porcupines, of which the surviver is doing extremely well. When born, these creatures are at an advanced stage and are minute replicas of their parents, with their eyes open a disposition to scuttle about quite fast. Though porcupines are born with what appears to be their full complement of quill the power of raising them at will, yet these quills quite soft and pliable to start with, and a fortnight to harden properly baby porcupine in the small mammal house at the moment just reached this stage.
The Society's Library s now open again to Fellows after its statutory month for cleaning. In this case, however, cleaning has meant a ye ization. Many of the of journals (which make the Zoo one of the most comprehensive private zoological! libraries in the world) have been moved to the. basement, and new temporary ind x has been prepared, so Fellows will have little Gelay in getting the books they want. As previously reported, a few (but only a few) irreplaceable books have been transferred to a safe place in the country Chinese Paper in N.E.I.
Suspended Batavia, Nov Publication of the "Sin Pao" a leading Chinese paper in the Dutch East Indies, was suspended yesterday for a week. This action was taken by the Dutch East Indies Government because of the publication of anti-Japanese articles.—Domei.
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