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Pickfords Will Carry But . lin's Elephant F ROM hundreds of applications by
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hauliers throughout the country, British Road Services (Pickfords), Ltd., have been given the job of carrying Butlin's 7i-ton elephant, Charlie, from Ayr to Filey. The 300-mile trip is scheduled to start this week-end, with Charlie travelling on a low-loader attached to a Scammell 45 ton tractor. It will be several days before the outfit reaches Filey, depending mainly on how the elephant behaves. Ile is known to dislike travelling by road, and frequent rest periods are likely. The project is certain to cost more than the ,£1,000 which Mr. Billy Butlin offered when he first sought a contractor to take on the job. A major item is a specially reinforced collapsible cage, which is being built in Pickford's Glasgow depot by William Reid and Son, Ltd. . . Charlie refuses to enter an enclosed space, so he will be put into a &aeriewiirk, and the panels of the cage will have to be built round him just before the journey starts. The low-loader is 9 ft. wide, and has a loading height of 1 ft. 10 in. It is 22 ft. long in the well and has 16 wheels. Three men 'Will control the outfit, but Charlie himself will have several zoological experts on hand. They include Lieut.-Col. J. H. Williams ("Elephant Bill "), of St. Buryan, Cornwall, and Mr. Andrew Wilson, of Glasgow, both of whom have been engaged as advisers by Mr. Butlin.