GULL'S UNTIMELY END.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 78, 2 April 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)

GULL'S UNTIMELY END.

VILLAGE IN MOURNING. Kessiiigland, the seaside village near Lowestoft, England, is in mourning for ■"Billy," Britain's most sagacious seagull, who has come to an untimely end. He was beaten to death by a boy of 15, whom the Lowestoft magistrates placed on probation. Residents and visitors to Kessingland all knew "Billy," who has fed from thousands of hands. His owner, Mr. Arthur Goulby, found him when he wds quite young, eight years ago, and taught him many tricks. Every morning at eight "Billy" knocked at the door with his beak, was admitted and fed on bread and milk. Then he would collect twigs irf the garden and make a mound 011 which he would proudly take his stand. He never deviated by a minute in his morning call, and if 110 notice was taken of him 011 entering he would tug at the table cloth until lie had attracted attention. Billy's body has gone to the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in London, and will lake a place in the society's museum.